A-launching we will go…

Today was the Melbourne launch of ‘Squish Rabbit’, a gorgeous picture book from first time writer/illustrator, Katherine Battersby. It’s a story of discovering friendship, told and shown with powderpuff gentleness, in a mixture of paint and...

Waiting for my boy…

 I’d been faffing around at home, not knowing what to do with a suddenly empty house and some hours to fill. So when my son needed to go to a meeting, I thought I’d take him and wait and work. And although I played with camera, I did also have my laptop...

Joining the Jet-Set

Yesterday I flew to Launceston for the day for the Tasmanian launch of ‘The Carrum Sailing Club’. Christina Booth, illustrator of Carrum, picked me up from the airport and we drove (well, she drove, I nursed the cake) straight to Fullers Bookshop.The whole...

For my friend and her family

AutographYesterday I signed the booksof rambunctious boysand skittish girlsspilling with lifehappy in their todaysecure in their tomorrowToday I signed a guest bookat a water-washed funeralsaw a face that smiles no moretried not to see a flower-laden coffinsaid...

I am sailing…

Yesterday I went to Carrum, to the real Carrum Sailing Club to be part of the official launch of the new sailing season.There was no sailing yesterday, a tad windy, and as the sky shows, rain was expected.  So we made inside boats. And hats.And read books.  Helen is...