by Claire Saxby | Jan 2021 | Other Authors, Verse novel
Footprints on the Moon – Review It’s 1969 and Sharnie has just started highschool. She feels like her world is changing too fast and in directions she doesn’t understand. Man is about to walk on the moon. War is raging in Vietnam and here in...
by Claire Saxby | Jan 2021 | My Books, Writing and Words
Iceberg: From Idea to Book Picture books do not happen overnight. No books do. But man it’s exciting when they finally do make it into the world. What begins as a word or an idea, and grows and changes endlessly before submission. This story began as a poem...
by Claire Saxby | Jan 2021 | Writing and Words
Did you Know? I’ve been back working on my wip today and I desperately wanted to include ‘swash’, but no matter how many times I rework the lines, it just won’t fit. The shallow wave wash that pushes up the beach after a wave breaks has a name!...
by Claire Saxby | Nov 2020 | Awards, history, My Books
Haywire – a Taster A little taster from my novel “Haywire” which was published mid-pandemic. Notice the lovely silver sticker? “Haywire” was shortlisted in this year’s NSW Premier’s History Awards. Tom (Hay NSW) October 1939...
by Claire Saxby | Nov 2020 | Blog, Events
Out and About in Melbourne Melbourne and Victoria are slowly emerging from lockdown and it’s a wonderful thing. We’ve been able to see family and have begun to see friends again too. On Tuesday, Sam from Wild Dingo Press and I visited bookshops –...