On Wednesday I visited Blackwood Primary School for an author talk to all of the classes over the day. Once again the students and staff …Read More
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Back to Magill Primary School
Yesterday I finished my visits to Magill Primary with a full day presenting to students from Reception to Yr 2. All the classes were attentive …Read More
Coming Soon! Radio Rescue!
Release date has been put at Nov 1st 2016! Yay!
Visit to Magill Primary School
Today I had a wonderful visit to Magill Primary School, where I spoke to groups from Kindergarten to Yr 3. All the students were lovely …Read More
CBCA HONOUR Award for “One Step at a Time” or What a weekend in Sydney!
Well there you go! On Friday, One Step at a Time, exquisitely illustrated by my beautiful friend Sally Heinrich, was awarded an HONOUR Book award at the …Read More
CBCA Book of the Year 2016 Awards
On Thursday Sally Heinrich and I are off to Sydney to attend the CBCA Book of the Year 2106 Award Ceremony. One Step at a …Read More
WORLD ELEPHANT DAY
Tomorrow, August 12th, is World Elephant Day! Check it out on the web. Lots of good stuff happening around the world for elephants, to balance …Read More
Wilderness School Visit
I did the first of my Book Week School visits on Tuesday out to Wilderness School at Medindie. A great day presenting to classes from …Read More
“One Step at a Time” is on StoryBox Library
Yay! One Step at a Time is up on StoryBox Library. It is the latest book to be added to the wonderful library of story …Read More
Got My Leg!!!
Today I picked up an old prosthetic leg courtesy of Dr Rick Chesson at Prostek. This will be fabulous to use when talking to school …Read More
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE formerly known as the Lu Rees Collection
Have just completed another visit to the newly named National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature at the University of Canberra. The centre is located on …Read More
“The Bone Sparrow” by Zana Fraillon
I have just finished reading an uncorrected draft proof of Zana Fraillon’s novel The Bone Sparrow, which I was given at the recent CBCA Conference. …Read More
WANTED! One prosthetic leg!
Well that’s a strange request. But I really want to get my hands on a used prosthetic leg so that when I visit schools for …Read More
Dissonance
Attended a lively and productive meeting of the SA SCBWI at Stirling Library on Saturday. Vikki Wakefield presented a workshop titled Making Music with Words, …Read More
“One Step at a Time” looking fabulous with its CBCA Shortlisting Sticker!
So here it is…One Step at a Time complete with CBCA 2016 Shortlisted sticker. WOW!