Author Journal · Page 33 of 35 · Wendy Orr
Wendy Orr's author diary: the journal following a writer's working life and the progress of new books, from idea to manuscript to publication.
15th Apr
Jessica Joan a Book of the Year???
Yesterday I read in a reliable newspaper source that amongst my ‘bevy of awards’, Jessica Joan had been a Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year in 1999. Flattering as…
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14th Apr
Fantasy becomes dream come true | Herald Sun
Fantasy becomes dream come true | Herald Sun
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5th Apr
Variety.com – Foster, Breslin circle ‘Island’
Variety.com – Foster, Breslin circle ‘Island’
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7th Jan
Happy New Year
I haven’t done very well lately at keeping up this blog – but I hope everyone is having a happy holiday and happy new year. My husband, son and I are in…
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17th Nov
Mornington Book Launch
Signing books at the Mornington launch of Mokie and Bik. Meredith Horton from Farrells Books did the great display – who’d have thought of twin cockatoos! (Or pirates, as Mokie and Bik…
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14th Oct
Mokie and Bik Book Launch
I’ve been worse than usual at keeping up with this blog lately, but here’s one of the reasons; preparing for the Victorian launch of MOKIE AND BIK.The Western Australia launch was at…
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27th Aug
Book Week over for another year
Back from Adelaide after a hectic Australian Children’s Book Week – met some great teachers and librarians and even more great kids. Even met the editor of Too Much Stuff, which was…
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15th Aug
Mokie and Bik
I’ll be launching Mokie and Bik (Australian edition) live in Albany, West Australia in September and in Mornington, Victoria, in October, but first there’ll be an online launch the day the book…
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6th Aug
Visiting Mt Scopus
On Monday I visited Mt Scopus junior campus to do workshops with Year 3’s. What a great day! We wrote a story together in each class, and it was so much fun…
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30th Jul
Ark in the Park in Italy: Arco nel Parco
I was just putting the international Ark in the Park covers in the case for my day with Year 3 at Mt Scopus tomorrow (they’ve been reading Ark in the Park) when…
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26th Jul
Messy desk inspiration
This mightn’t have been what first inspired “Too Much Stuff” – but it does explain why I related to the story!
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25th Jul
More searching for titles
For the last month I’ve been searching for a title for the Nim’s Island sequel. The working title was Nim’s New York, which I’d never seen as a good book title –…
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