by admin | Oct 2020 | My Books
What makes a Scientist? This is wizardry, magic, wonderful. If you click on this link, you can read the first three chapters of Aussie Stem Stars: Georgia Ward-Fear. This is how scientists are made. You may also be interested in the Radio chat with Georgia Ward-Fear,...
by admin | Oct 2020 | Events, My Books
On the RRRadio … Georgia Ward-Fear and I have been chatting on the radio with Shane Huntington. Neither Georgia nor I could be there live, so we Zoomed in. It was a good half-way method. We could see each other but it was an audio interview (which went out...
by Claire Saxby | May 2020 | Blog, Writing and Words
Filling the well Writing can drain your brain. Well, it certainly can drain mine. I try to keep topping up during a project, but when I’ve handed in a project, or finished editing I find that it’s helpful to consciously refill the well. That means walking...
by admin | Mar 2017 | My Books
This is the face you make when a book you wrote, illustrated by a clever clogs like Connah (Brecon), and published by the wonderful team at Random House Kids is included on the CBCA Notable list for 2017. It feels pretty good
by admin | Jun 2015 | Writing and Words
It’s been a big week!Emu has been shortlisted for the Environment Award. Then there was lunch with Walker and Black Dog peoples from both sides of book-making. I received my copies of the US version of ‘Emu’. It has a dust jacket and looks very...
by admin | Apr 2015 | picture books, Writing and Words
In this centenary year of Anzac Day, it’s not such a surprise that there are a few books on both sides of the Tasman about the Anzacs, but it was curious that the illustrators of these books (Max Berry and Bob Kerr) independently portrayed mateship in this same...