A new book! Secrets of the Saltmarsh
A new book! Secrets of the Saltmarsh. Making books is a long game. Very few parts of the process happen quickly. Often, it can seem like there’s nothing going on. Sometimes it feels like everything is invisible. But out of public sight, a book is being created. For...It’s been a BIG book week
It’s been a BIG Book Week On Friday 19th August – the official start of Book Week – Jess Racklyeft and I were beyond thrilled when our picture book, Iceberg, was announced as the CBCA Picture Book of the Year. We were able to watch the announcement...Out of town
Out of town This past weekend we travelled several hours out of town for a wedding. The groom we’ve known all his life, the bride for a number of years. The wedding was everything weddings should be: joyous, friendly, full of love and laughter. The venue was by the...A new page
A New Page is a good thing? This is the scariest thing in a writer’s life. A blank page. Or is that just me? I have many a beautiful notebook that remains in pristine state, because I’m too scared to make a mark on a page. I’m much better with...From Facebook
This blackbird has been warbling in the dusk most evenings for the past weeks. It's one of the pair that are now nesting under our deck (and digging through the mulch most days). I suspect the hedge might have been a more restful nesting space but what would I know? My pucs are improving but the windows are not getting cleaner ...
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Book mail!
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The Flower Garden is the story of a quilt made by children locked up in Changi Gaol in 1942 after the fall of Singapore.
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Out March 2026. So beautiful @luciart74 Thanks Team @walkerbooksaus
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13 years from Draft 1 to now!
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