More reviews

Some more reviews from…. Some more reviews for ‘There Was an Old Sailor’ here and...

Buxton and the mobile library

Buxton and the Mobile Library   Here’s a pic from the recent Lit Fest at Buxton where Corinne Fenton, Mark Wilson, Diana Lawrenson and I presented. Mark painted the book...

How do you explain how good a conference is?

How do you explain…. I’m freshly returned from Sydney and the CBCA NSW State conference, mind-boggled, yet also head-cleared. Make sense? Hmm. No, probably not. The state conference was organised after the scheduled National CBCA conference was cancelled....

Maple leaves

Maple leaves Before my parents moved house (a few years ago now) Dad potted up a tiny Japanese maple seedling that had sprouted under his tree. I have it in a pot and it’s growing slowly but surely. This year, the cold snap has rendered the leaves a most...

Book and Paper

Book and Paper Bookshop Happy Birthday to you! Book and Paper, bookshop (and cards and stationary) in Williamstown is one this weekend. I read Old Sailor to an enthusiastic group of children yesterday and we sang boating songs and ocean songs and made paper boats....

In town and country

In town and country On Thursday I went on a mini book tour with Natasha, co-owner of Book Bonding, an independent bookshop in Niddrie. We visited three schools and I did four 30 minute sessions with grade twos.     Group sizes varied from about 20 children...