Dragonfly Song News: Awards, North American Release, and Blog Tour
3rd Nov

Dragonfly Song News: Awards, North American Release, and Blog Tour

Since the last update, Dragonfly Song was awarded the CBCA Honour Book for Younger Readers, 2017. It was also shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Award for Children’s Literature, and in the USA,…
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NaNoWriMo is here
3rd Nov

NaNoWriMo is here

NaNoWriMo is nearly here! Are you ready for that big push to write 50,000 words of first draft in a month? Since I’ve got a second-draft deadline for the starting date here’s…
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How to survive Literary Awards
11th Apr

How to survive Literary Awards

‘How do you feel about Dragonfly Song being on the CBCA 2017 Short List?’ an interviewer asked. ‘Are you just, ‘Oh, ho hum, shortlisted again?’ She was quite shocked when I said…
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Rhinoceros poems and strange things writers do
7th Nov

Rhinoceros poems and strange things writers do

I always love hearing from readers, but some requests are more unusual than others. I received this letter from Germany on Friday. They also enclosed copies of verses they’ve received from Doris…
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