Tag: australian children's author Archives · Wendy Orr
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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1st Jul
Dragonflies: myths, meanings and mysteries
Dragonfly photo sent by my cousin when she heard the title Happy birth day to my newest baby: Dragonfly Song. You’ve been a long time coming. The dragonfly theme in the book…
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25th Jan
Australia Day Book Giveaway
To celebrate Australia Day, Booked Out Blog is hosting a Book Giveaway Blog Hop – let’s see: 50 or so blogs means 50 or so books to be given away: now that’s a…
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6th Oct
Artists and Animals: Errol Broome, from Atom to Muttley
A few posts ago, I wrote that after rereading Errol Broome’s Tangles,I strongly felt that she was one of Australia’s best writers for children. read post here (I then read Gracie and the Emperor,…
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23rd Mar
Artists and Animals: Prue Mason and Camel Rider
One of the best things about doing this series of interviews is finding out more about the backgrounds to friends’ books, and lives! I’ve met Prue Mason’s current dogs, but it was…
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