Claire’s Blog
3 Christmas books that you can Sing
Christmas Books with Songs Three Christmas books for parents with young children. Each book can be sung to a different well-known Christmas tune....
Kookaburras, cane toads and more
Kookaburras, cane toads and more Kookaburra entries are coming in. Yesterday's poetry offerings had me rolling about on the floor! Just the perfect...
Kookaburra Competition Update
***Competition deadline extended to September 25***
Kookaburra Competition
*It's Kookaburra Competition time* ATTENTION students, parents, teachers, librarians. It’s Kookaburra Competition time! Clear your desks and sharpen...
Countdown to Kookaburra Competition
Reminder: Tune in here on Monday 17th for details of our Kookaburra competition. **PRIZES TO BE WON** In the meantime, sharpen those pencils, turn...
Haywire shortlisted
Haywire shortlisted Well, as if having a new book (Kookaburra) release isn't enough wonderfulness at this tricky time, Wednesday 5 August brought...
Hello Kookaburra!
Welcome! I am joined today by the wonderful Tannya Harricks. August 1 is release day for our new Walker Books Australia Nature Storybook picture...
Kookaburra Flies
I wrote the first complete draft of Kookaburra in late 2017, but not before I had delved deep into kookaburra physical, social, environmental...
Update July 2020
Update July 2020 Kookaburra Kookaburra is about to appear in the 'real world'. Kookaburra, illustrated by Tannya Harricks and published in Walker...
Stories are everywhere
We went to the beach today, for tomorrow we lock down again for six weeks. Point Cook Coastal Reserve has a long shallow beach front that stretches...
Aussie Stem Stars – TA-DA!
How do you catch a star and pin it down? Or rather, pin HER down. That's been my challenge for this recent project with Wild Dingo Press in a new...
Portable Magic
A little while ago, I was lucky enough to be interviewed by friend and fellow writer, Sue Lawson. Now, Ms L has had a diverse and varied career in...
Formerly Nee
A little while ago I was asked to play with clay, an invitation to contribute to an exhibition about female antecedents and how their lives were...
A very coolish draft
I love taking pictures, particularly of gum flowers and gumnuts. There are so many different shapes, sizes and colours. Even on the same tree there...
Filling the Well
Filling the well Writing can drain your brain. Well, it certainly can drain mine. I try to keep topping up during a project, but when I've handed in...
Ta-da! Dingo and Kookaburra
That sounds like the title of a book, don't you think? Perhaps I need to write it, but in the meantime, it's actually about two books....
From Facebook
Join me and the @wilderness_aus at 11 am this Saturday in Northcote as we celebrate our trees and the part they play in making our world wonderful. For details and to RSVP, follow this link. wilderness.nationbuilder.com/nature_book_week_tree
Look forward to sharing some Tree love. 💚
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