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 wonder horse (the picture book) began as part of a conversation while watching children do circus classes (okay so...

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 starting to plan how I’ll share this book with school groups. I’ve developed a few strategies, one of...

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 wasn’t just a tourist. I had Author talks in several schools. Most were primary school, but I...

pics

Random pics from Queensland… wombat caveA wombat cave, minus wombat queensland burleigh headsview of burleigh heads strangler figStrangler figs…I find the idea of these plants amazing…and these were big ones. Poor strangled other tree view from the...

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 series for middle primary readers.The series had a spin off series last year ‘Go Girl Angels’ and...