Claire’s Blog
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...
A new book! Secrets of the Saltmarsh
A new book! Secrets of the Saltmarsh. Making books is a long game. Very few parts of the process happen quickly. Often, it can seem like there’s...
The world is big, and small
The world is big, and small The life of a writer can be a varied one. One minute you’re bemoaning the fact that you haven’t left the house for days...
It’s been a BIG book week
It’s been a BIG Book Week On Friday 19th August - the official start of Book Week - Jess Racklyeft and I were beyond thrilled when our picture book,...
Tasmanian Devil Poetry and Illustration Competition
Tasmanian Devil Competition - The Results are In! Max and I are thrilled with the response to our Tasmanian Devil competitions and are very pleased...
It’s Tasmanian Devil Competition Time
It's Tasmanian Devil Competition time! Attention students, parents, teachers, librarians! Clear your desk and sharpen your tools. We - Claire and...
The Wearing of the Green – A launch
The Wearing of the Green - A launch My upper-middle grade novel, The Wearing of the Green took ten years to manifest - from first idea about a...
Whispers and Wearing Green
Whispers and Wearing Green The release of a new book is always exciting. The release of TWO books at the same time is even more so! Books take...
Out of town
Out of town This past weekend we travelled several hours out of town for a wedding. The groom we’ve known all his life, the bride for a number of...
Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cheer I love Christmas. I love the gathering, the sharing, the wonder. Okay, also the feasting. It’s crazy busy always, but fabulous to...
Back from the Brink
The Eastern barred bandicoot is Back from the Brink Scientists, researchers and volunteers are preserving one of our smallest friends The People you...
A new page
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...
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This is how it looks when you accidentally use a permanent marker on a whiteboard and then use the author-visit-learned trick of writing over it with a whiteboard marker to remove the permanent marker because that's the trick, but you use another permanent marker because you've packed all the whiteboard markers. No more notes for now. #packing #oops #ohmmm
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Leaf shadows. #newportlakespark #wander #wonder
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