Claire’s Blog
Tiffany Mandrake on Pitching a Series of Books
Tiffany Blake talks about writing and her book series "The Little Horrors" Tiffany Mandrake has released the first two titles in her new 'The Little...
One Week Later- a poem by Claire Saxby
One Week Later - a poem by Claire Saxby The smoke has spread now and covers the whole city -all the way from the still-smouldering hillsto my...
The Big Blowie
Sally Murphy talks about The Big Blowie Sally Murphy, has dropped in talk about her book 'The Big Blowie' and to share a little more about herself....
Claire interviews author Sally Murphy
Promoting children's and educational books Sally Murphy is a Western Australian poet and author of children’s and educational books. She is also a...
Walking the Same way, seeing different faces
Claire walks the Long way round and finds more Stories I walk most weekday mornings with Emmi, our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (Cavvie for short)....
Tourist in my own town – Melbourne
Claire Saxby as a tourist in Melbourne We have completed a self-guided walking tour of (some of) Melbourne's wonderful lanes and arcades. My friend...
Me and my poem…Pompeii Dog
The journey of my poem - Pompeii Dog The poem, Pompeii Dog has been accepted by Moving Galleries and will appear in a Melbourne train carriage, to...
Coffee at Williamstown
Walk, Photos and Coffee at Williamstown My son works in a Williamstown creperie, Breizoz, most Sundays. Although he's worked there for a while, I'd...
Coming to a train near you?
Poetry coming to a train near you I've just spent a fairly busy two weeks working with a local electoral commission on a council postal election....
Chim chimeree
Chim Chimeree - a flower or a Song? I bought some flowers at the market yesterday, partly because of their name. The florist had written it as...
Phar Lap is launched
Phar Lap is launched Today I attended the launch of a picture book I've watched grow from a simple spoken idea nearly eight years ago. Phar Lap the...
Sheep and Goat
Sheep and Goat - my next picture book Illustrations are in the early stages for my next picture book, Sheep, Goat and the Creaking Gate. I'm...
Author Talks in Canberra
Author talks in Canberra I've just returned from Canberra after a week in our capital. It's a long time since I've been there and the first time I...
Rewrite a Manuscript? The question is like a sore tooth..
Like a sore tooth, the answer is less biddable: The Manuscript Rewrite I'm doing a rewrite on a manuscript after talking to the editor and have...
pics
Random pics from Queensland...
Go girl, go go go…
Go girl, go go go The Hardie Grant Egmont 'Go Girl' series has topped 1,000,000 copies sold in Australia. My title, Snow Play, is No 22 in this...
