by Claire Saxby | Sep 2021 | Nature, Science
The Eastern barred bandicoot is Back from the Brink Scientists, researchers and volunteers are preserving one of our smallest friends The People you Meet About 12 or 13 years ago, I worked on a local council election as an electoral worker, counting and recounting...
by Claire Saxby | Sep 2021 | Writing and Words
A New Page is a good thing? This is the scariest thing in a writer’s life. A blank page. Or is that just me? I have many a beautiful notebook that remains in pristine state, because I’m too scared to make a mark on a page. I’m much better with...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2021 | Nature, Science
Great White Shark is in the… In the depths of a deep Melbourne winter, a book was released. Great White Shark (GWS), beautifully illustrated by debut illustrator but painter extraordinaire, Cindy Lane, and published by Walker Books Australia, is part of the...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2021 | history
Window to another World – my Uncle’s diary When clearing out a family home before lockdown, we discovered many, many interesting things. There were some old children’s books, some wonderful woodworking tools, a wooden wheelbarrow (constructed using...
by Claire Saxby | Jul 2021 | Nature, Science
Great White Shark ready for release Books, as I may have mentioned in the past, take a long time to take form. There are so many people involved, there are so many elements to consider. But it’s so fabulous when they finally get here. I have just received the...