Claire’s Blog
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....
Another visitor! It’s Beyond Belief
It may not be ideal to launch a new novel in the middle of a pandemic, but there are worse things. Like being a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Paris...
No Small Shame
'From the harshness of a pit village in Scotland to the upheaval of wartime, No Small Shame tells a moving story of love and duty, loyalty and...
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