Claire’s Blog
Taking a Deep Dive
Taking a Deep Dive Through the Darkening Sea began with a picture I spotted online, that showed a rainbow sea. The article it accompanied explained...
Storm Rises
Storm Rises When I wrote Iceberg, I had no thoughts of writing more books that would loosely fit an ‘elemental’ theme. But here we are - Storm is...
The Flower Garden
The Flower Garden In September 2013, I flew to Brisbane for the Queensland Art Gallery’s Exhibition, Quilts: 1700-1945. I wanted to see the Rajah...
Speed Dating with Librarians
Book Writers and Illustrators at the School Library Conference I love conferences! Particularly bookish ones. Even ones that seem determined to...
A Volcano is born, and the puns begin
A Volcano is born, and the puns begin I should know by now just how long it takes to make a book, but there are always parts of the process that...
Dealing with Rejection: author’s view of the Rollercoaster
Writing Rollercoaster needs a Seatbelt for Rejection Writing is such a rollercoaster. I recall a big rejection of a project that looked very...
Presentation Skills Workshops + Practice Produce Results
Making Presentations Better (and Easier) On a cool Saturday in May, 15 years ago, thirteen other punters and I attended a whole-day Presentation...
Which book to read next?
Which book will I choose to read next? My idea of hell has two parts. One is to be somewhere without a pen and paper. It seldom happens, but I still...
Conferences for Writers are Fantastic!
Conferences for writers and Illustrators I have spent many weekends and days at Conferences, Festivals and Workshops for writers and illustrators....
Writing Children’s Books?- Start Networking!
Networking in the Children's Book Industry Networking is a nebulous thing. It's intangible and impossible to measure. I'm sure there are many worthy...
Revisions, Redrafting-the Natural Progression of Manuscript
Revisions, Rejections, Redrafting of Manuscripts: A Rave I've been doing quite a few revisions lately. Some are redrafting, the natural progression...
Milestones, Changes and Adventures
That's Living: Milestones, Changes and Adventures Belonging to a family never ceases to surprise and inspire me. There is constant change and joy...
Perils of Visiting Bookshops and Signing Books
The Ups and Downs of Booksigning in Bookshops Visiting bookshops and signing books can be perilous for emerging authors. Claire Saxby shares the ups...
Feelgood and Flow from Author School Visits
This is why I do Author School Visits Many weeks are been busy with school visits, editing bits and family events. There's often little time for...
Seven random facts about Claire Saxby- because we can.
7 random facts about Claire Saxby- because we can. Sally from her Scribblings blog once encouraged me to list 7 random facts about me. I can do...
A Tree is Born
A Tree is Born Well, actually that’s not quite right, really. The book is ‘born’ ie released into the wild in early April 2024. The tree that is the...
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Yesterday began with two sessions in a fabulous school library, complete with fabulous library staff (and special wow! to the art teacher)Together with their teachers they have crafted a rich, immersive world for their students. It was so lovely to see art and literary offering that referenced so many of picture books I've co-made with so many great illustrators. And watch out, there are many developing creators being nurtured. *particular mention of the newly invented 'kitty basketball fish! The day ended with a visit to the Little Bookroom for an event with primary school teachers where Jess and I talked about the books we make together and separately. Thanks Michael and Jenny for our welcome. You could even say my day was 'bookended' 😉
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