Taking a Deep Dive

Taking a Deep Dive Through the Darkening Sea began with a picture I spotted online, that showed a rainbow sea. The article it accompanied explained how the colour of marine animals changes with water depth at which they live. How could this be? I knew that...

Storm Rises

Storm Rises When I wrote Iceberg, I had no thoughts of writing more books that would loosely fit an ‘elemental’ theme. But here we are – Storm is here. This book completes the four elements: water (Iceberg), earth (Tree), fire (Volcano) and air (Storm) explores...

The Flower Garden

The Flower Garden In September 2013, I flew to Brisbane for the Queensland Art Gallery’s Exhibition, Quilts: 1700-1945. I wanted to see the Rajah quilt, a quilt I’d written about in My Name is Lizzie Flynn. I’d seen the Rajah quilt in Canberra in the Special...

A visitor!

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...

A-visiting I will go …

Today, I’m a guest on fellow-author and friend, Dee White’s blog about writing tips, for my five tips on writing picture books in general, and ‘Meet the Anzacs’ in particular. Pop over and say hello. 🙂