Claire’s Blog

This was such a fun event to be part of. Two and a half hours exploring the Canterbury Tales.Jackie Kerin, gender-shifted and time slipped 'The...

Our trip to Rainbow was fabulous. Four women in one car, the kilometres flew by effortlessly. The weather was wet as we left Melbourne, but...

What to do on a rainy ANZAC Day?Head into the north west of Victoria, into the Mallee, that's what. For the next two days, it will be all things...

... for our Canterbury Tales gig. Isn't it a corker?

I hadn't, until a group of locals, many of whom were also new to the Tales, decided it was time to bring Chaucer to the Williamstown Literary...

Old Sailor is helping with literacy in WA. See here for details.

Come Williamstown Way on Sunday and help Sue Lawson celebrate the release of her new book 'Forget Me Not'.'Forget Me Not' is the story of two...

 Yesterday, the State Library and the Wheeler Centre put together a Children's Book Festival in Melbourne. Part of Little Lonsdale Street between...

In my previous work life, I was a podiatrist. Now, as is probably clear from the header, I play with words. Mostly I write for children. Many people...

We had a lovely lunch on a deck to the right of here, then retired to recline on the couches afterwards. Bliss!

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Very excited this morning to see that my picture book 'Carrum Sailing Club', illustrated by Christina Booth and published by Windy Hollow Books has...

It’s always a pleasure to visit other people’s blogs, but I’m especially delighted to be visiting your blog today, Claire, because the topic I’m...

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Yes, it was hot today. We could have hibernated in the cool house, but instead we headed out to the Botanical Gardens at Cranbourne, the Australian...