Reading Matters

The Reading Matters Conference, held in Melbourne every two years, is a celebration of youth literature. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to meet people, renew acquaintances and generally immerse yourself in books and be with book people. International guests...

National Simultaneous Storytime

Today I went to Point Cook for National Simultaneous Storytime to – you guessed it – simultaneously read a story! The story was ‘Feathers for Phoebe’ by Rod Clement. It’s a lovely story, very OTT in some ways, but fabulous (or should that...

Geelong and Femme Fatale

I went to Geelong yesterday, to see the Femme Fatale exhibition at the Wool Museum. The exhibition was interesting. There were some scary ladies sharing their stories. But also there were several women who seemed to be at worst victims of circumstance. Some very...