Very excited to say that both Tea and Sugar Christmas and One Step at a Time are going to be put up on Story Box …Read More
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CBCA Conference Photos
Here is the Shortlist! What fine company…including the wonderful Phil Cummings! Terry Denton just after Mark Greenwood had told him his fly was …Read More
Great Quotes from CBCA Conference Speakers
Here is list of a few of the great quotes I heard during the weekend CBCA Conference. Life is too short for bad books Libby …Read More
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Well that was a flash show!! As I tottered in my high heels and “cocktail” dress through the streets of Sydney to the NSW State …Read More
CBCA Shortlisting for One Step at a Time!!
So how amazing is this! One Step at a Time has been shortlisted for the CBCA 2016 Picture Book of the Year. The Shortlist was …Read More
Exciting Week Coming Up!
On Monday I fly to Sydney for the “Glittering, gala…” NSW Premier’s Literature Awards…Dresscode: Cocktail, where Tea and Sugar Christmas is on the shortlist for the …Read More
CBCA Notable 2016 for “One Step at a Time”
One Step at a Time, beautifully illustrated by Sally Heinrich’s detailed lino prints, and published by MidnightSun Publishing, has got a Notable award from the …Read More
“Tea and Sugar Christmas” is Shortlisted for the Patricia Wrightson Award for Children’s Literature
As part of the NSW Premier’s Literature Awards, Tea and Sugar Christmas, illustrated by Robert Ingpen and published by National Library Australia, has been Shortlisted …Read More
ABIA Longlisting for “One Step at a Time”
Very excited to hear that One Step at a Time has made the longlist for the Australian Book Industry Awards, in the Children’s Book by …Read More
58 Wonderful Words or “Bear Make Den”
Last weekend, at the Stirling Library, I attended the launch of Jane Godwin, Michael Wagner and Andy Joyner’s new picture book Bear Make Den. Incredibly …Read More
“One Step at a Time” Gets a WAYRBA Shortlisting!!!!
One Step at a Time has been shortlisted in the Western Australia Young Readers Book Awards in the picture book category. Yay!!! The WAYRBA is …Read More
“One Step at a TIme” Rights
Have heard from MidnightSun Publishing that they have sold the Simplified Chinese Rights (to CTV Boler Beijing Media Co., Ltd.) and the World Spanish Rights …Read More
Windhorse…Lung-Ta…Prayer Flag in My Garden
Yesterday this beautiful frayed Buddhist Prayer flag, or windhorse, or Lung-Ta landed in my garden It is a Buddhist prayer flag…white for air and wind, carried …Read More
Alf “Father Christmas” Harris of the Tea and Sugar Train
On my recent travels through Pt Augusta I stopped to visit the grave of Alf Harris, the Tea and Sugar train “Father Christmas” for whom …Read More
Tea and Sugar Train Driver in my Own Back Yard!
I recently discovered that living in Strathalbyn is a former Tea and Sugar Engine driver! Andrew Soar contacted me after buying the book from local …Read More