 Recent children's picture books include "Outside" (Little Hare) A CBCA Notable Book 2014, being developed as a children's opera with Australian composer Elena Katz Chernin; and "A Soldier, A Dog and a Boy" illustrated by Phil Lesnie, (Hachette) a CBCA Notable Book 2017 and Asher Award winner 2017.Hathorn has lectured part-time in Master of Arts, Creative Writing at Sydney University and is a frequent speaker at conferences and festivals.As an Australia Day Ambassador, she has travelled to country towns each year where she talks about the importance of Australian literature.