Claire’s Blog
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...
Great White Shark is in the house … ahem … ocean
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...
Window to another world
Window to another World - my Uncle's diary When clearing out a family home before lockdown, we discovered many, many interesting things. There were...
Great White Shark
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,...
Mina and the Whole Wide World
Mina and the Whole Wide World - Sherryl Clark Verse novels are having a bit of a moment and it's lovely to see. I've long been a fan of this story...
Update June 2021
Update June 2021 Treasure! Treasure, illustrated by Tull Suwannakit and published by Scholastic, was released on April 1. It is the story of what...
Happy World Oceans Day!
Happy World Oceans Day How wonderful are our oceans? From the beach to the rock pools to the deep dark trenches, there is so much to love, so much...
Historical Fiction Award Shortlist
Historical Fiction Award Shortlist Well, this is exciting! Haywire is on the shortlist for Book Links Queensland's inaugural historical fiction...
A Clean Desk
A Clean Desk ... well, to be perfectly honest ... a clean-ER desk ... but nowhere near as clean as this one. I've just submitted a picture book...
Treasure! – a reading
Treasure! A reading with almost real Pirates Pirates and octopuses, parrots, hats and boats. Families and more pirates. Today, I did a reading of...
Heroes of the Secret Underground
A review of Heroes of the Secret Underground Twelve-year-old Louie lives with her two brothers and their Hungarian grandparents in the Majestic...
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