Book Week

I love Book Week. A chance to share all the things I love about books and writing. And at Firbank Grammar on Wednesday last, I was able to share with the whole school. And more. The gorgeous preps wrote me some illustrated letters complete with custom-made envelopes....

Look who’s here!

Dee White interviews Claire Saxby Welcome to Dee White, author of YA novel ‘Letters to Leonardo’ and ‘Tuesday Writing Tips’ blog. Thanks for visiting Dee, it’s lovely to have you here. Dee’s here to ask me some questions about...

Three new books

Three new books – a special launch These three were part of a leveled reading series with Oxford University Press, and were launched last night. The project was 20 books, 10 non-fiction titles and ten retellings of traditional tales. Each was paired…eg...

Twilight Zone

My middle son had surgery this morning to remove his four wisdom teeth. The procedure has been streamlined since my older son had the same surgery a few years ago. Much quicker, which has to be better for recovery. He walked into theatre, and walked out of the...

Reading Matters 2

I ran out of time the other day to really finish writing about RM conference, so here we are again. After the sessions on Friday there was a reception, peopled by delegates and speakers but also by many other Vic creators. It was quite difficult to move...

Reading Matters

I’m just now surfacing after a fantastic weekend at Reading Matters Conference. This conference is held every second year and is an initiative of Melbourne’s Centre for Youth Literature. The focus is works for young adults, which includes everything from...