Coming Soon – The Anzac Billy

Coming Soon – The Anzac Billy The first copy of The Anzac Billy arrived in my letterbox last week. And it’s so beautiful. The artwork by Mark Jackson and Heather Potter is full of detail and delight. It’s been a while coming, this book but it’s...

Overlooked

he lumbers up behind me to where I sit silent  watching   his lava breath singes my hair flames my ear   he peers over my shoulder as if he will see what I see as if he can   I wait body solid gaze fixed breath shallow and wait for him to leave...

A couple more pictures from MARC Lit Fest at Eildon

There Was an Old Sailor is always great fun to share with young students. It lends itself to a whole range of language games, sung and spoken. The book has been unavailable for some time, but is to be rereleased next year. Old Macdonald gets a nautical makeover to...

Dam fine

Annually since the horrific bushfires in 2009, with a group of writers and illustrators I have been part of a Literary Festival in the region covered by the Merrijig MARC Van (formerly centred in Yea). It was the brainchild of MARC librarian, Libby Ahern and...