by admin | Jul 2010 | Blog
Some more reviews from…. Some more reviews for ‘There Was an Old Sailor’ here and...
by admin | Jun 2010 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jun 2010 | Blog
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....
by admin | Jun 2010 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jun 2010 | Blog
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....
by admin | Jun 2010 | Blog
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...