by admin | Apr 2019 | Blog, My Books
The Anzac Billy – post-book-release research I visited the Alexandra Club on Wednesday and spent a wonderful hour there learning more about the club’s involvement in the sending of billies to Gallipoli in 1915. It seems the club had already begun planning...
by admin | Apr 2019 | Blog, My Books, New Release
The Anzac Billy and more I missed April 1 this year. It sailed right on by with nary a peep … Not that I celebrate it particularly, but I just didn’t notice it, nor connect the day with the date at all. Happy Launch Day to The Anzac Billy! Officially...
by admin | Feb 2019 | Blog, Children's Books
Coming Soon – The Anzac Billy The first copy of The Anzac Billy arrived in my letterbox last week. And it’s so beautiful. The artwork by Mark Jackson and Heather Potter is full of detail and delight. It’s been a while coming, this book but it’s...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2015 | Blog, Events
Books in Homes – storytelling and presentations A few weeks ago, I was at an inner Melbourne school presenting books as part of the Books in Homes program. The program gives books to children who may have few books in their own homes. But first there was time to...
by admin | Apr 2013 | Blog, Children's Books
Airey’s Inlet Lighthouse … the inlet … What a lovely display! This is the front window of Great Escape Books in Airey’s Inlet, where Seadog experienced a ‘coastal launch’. ‘Home’ to organiser extraordinaire Nicole, and...
by admin | May 2012 | Author Insights, Blog, Inspiration
A Good Week for Ideas, Inspiration, Inbox Folders and Projects Some weeks are big good weeks, some are just ordinary good weeks. This last week or more has been a good one for lots of big and small reasons. They include strange and small art, some spring cleaning, a...