Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Very excited today as my friend Lorraine Marwood has just won the inaugural Children’s Book Award in the Prime Ministers Literary Awards for her wonderful verse novel, Star Jumps.Congratulations Lorraine and to Walker Books too.WHOOO HOOO!

Marysville

Yesterday, Susanne Gervay, Corinne King and I went to Marysville, car loaded with books and original art from the Hope Card. The books were donated by SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) members all over the world.The Black SpurWe were...

Tea at the Windsor

My nephew recently turned 21 and his out-of-state father flew in to help him celebrate with family at the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne. This gorgeous old hotel does a stunning afternoon tea/high tea. A fine time was had by all, including birthday boy. Never fear though...

Welcome Aleesah!

I love visitors! Today, I welcome Sydney author, Aleesah Darlison, who is going to talk about the difference between writing a stand-alone picture book and writing a series. In July 2010, Aleesah released her first picture book, Puggle’s Problem (Wombat Books)...

Willywalking

After the cooking class and sumptuous feast, a walk was a good idea. Sunday morning we took the dog for a walk along the coast at Williamstown. This is the other side of the headland from the city shots I’ve taken before. Being Spring, there were nesting birds...