Absent in Action

I know I’ve just flagged this new website and blog, but I feel like I’ve been absent for some time. Partly this is due to study, but that’s nearing its end and hopefully I’ll soon be fully present again. On Friday I was part of the Queenscliffe...

Moving On

After 25500 views, I’ve just closed my old blog at Let’s Have Words. I’m really excited to have my blog and website together here, but I was surprised to feel sad at leaving my old blog behind. Silly perhaps, but there you are. I am looking forward...

Koala

I’m very excited to reveal the cover of ‘Koala’, to be released by Walker Books Australia on August 1. It will also be released in the US and UK in September. Stay tuned also for the Danish version. How beautiful is this cover. Thank you Julie...

Dromkeen

Dromkeen, at Riddells Creek, just north of Melbourne Airport, is a wonderful homestead and owners Bernadatte and Tony are children’s literature champions. Last Saturday, Dromkeen held a Children’s Literature Festival and I was fortunate to be one of the...

Bits and bobs from a weekend not yet done.

Bits and bobs of a weekend Photos by Claire Saxby on a weekend of discovery and fun, including a David Hockney Exhibition The David Hockney Exhibition Starting with a selfie. So, perhaps we didn’t quite nail this one, but it was still fun. Loved the David...