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Happy World Oceans Day!

by Claire Saxby | Jun 2021 | Blog, My Books, Nature

Happy World Oceans Day How wonderful are our oceans? From the beach to the rock pools to the deep dark trenches, there is so much to love, so much to wonder at. Perhaps it’s not such a surprise that the ocean has been a feature of many of my books. It’s...

Treasure! – a reading

by Claire Saxby | Apr 2021 | Events

Treasure! A reading with almost real Pirates Pirates and octopuses, parrots, hats and boats. Families and more pirates. Today, I did a reading of Treasure in the beautiful Williamstown Botanic Gardens courtesy of their fabulous Friends group. There are so many corners...

Treasure! The beginnings…

by Claire Saxby | Mar 2021 | My Books, Writing and Words

Pirates! The beginnings.. About eight years ago, I wrote a picture book story based on an ‘auto-correct’ phrase. Not one I made, but one that another poet conjured when we were part of a summer poetry blog called A Poem A Day. A Poem A Day was set up by...