Sally Heinrich and I recently asked Stuart Ingram of Stuart Ingram Designs if he could make a book trailer for us for Mama Ocean. We …Read More
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First Review for Mama Ocean
Different authors and illustrators have different opinions about reviews. I have heard that some don’t ever read them. I am afraid I would find that …Read More
‘Star of Anise’ is Also On Its Way
I have been working on the final edits of Star of Anise this last week. I am working with Irma Gold on editing the Picture …Read More
Mama Ocean is on her way!
My latest picture book, Mama Ocean, illustrated by Sally Heinrich and published by Anna Solding at MidnightSun Publishing will be ready for release later this …Read More
MOZ S KRATKIMI LASMI
Well, that means, The Man with Small Hair, in Slovenian. Have received the Slovenian version of the book. Very exciting! It has been published by …Read More
Picture Books with International Themes
Last Thursday I presented a talk on Picture Books with International Themes at Thebarton Senior College as part of their Educator’s Evening. I talked about …Read More
CBCA Canberra Conference 2019
So one day after arriving back in Australia I attended the CBCA 2019 Conference at the QT Hotel in Canberra. Surprisingly I didn’t appear to …Read More
Denmark is Just So Danish!
Well that is stating the obvious isn’t it. But when I imagine Denmark…what I saw and experienced was just how I imagined it. The food…lots …Read More
Northern Northern Ireland
We drove on the Coastal Causeway Route and then briefly on the Wild Atlantic Way to view stunning scenery. Didn’t complete the Wild Atlantic Way …Read More
Titanic
Even though we are not Titanicophiles we did take a walk across to the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, which was really interesting and very well …Read More
Belfast…Moving Forward
One of the reasons we particularly came to Belfast was because one of the guys in a band Ian plays in is from Belfast. He …Read More
Beatlepool…no sorry…Liverpool
Well we decided to spend two nights in Liverpool so we could do the “Beatle” thing! And we sure did. At the end of the …Read More
John O’Groats
So this place was a pleasant surprise. I was expecting it to be run over with tourists and high rise. Thankfully not. We did go …Read More
Scottish Wildlife
Have been trying to spot wildlife as we travel through the Highlands. Especially hoping to spot a huge stag! However that was not to be, …Read More
Edinburgh…Not Just a Castle
So we had two nights in Edinburgh and saw lots of sites apart from the castle. Would love to put the photos up here but …Read More