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Setting Your Characters Free – From Book to Film and back again
30th Sep

Setting Your Characters Free – From Book to Film and back again

Bindi Irwin as Nim, from Return to Nim’s Island movie poster I know that tying in a film to a book sequel sounds like the writer’s equivalent of a first world problem, but…
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Tough Questions from Alphabet Soup
10th Apr

Tough Questions from Alphabet Soup

http://soupblog.wordpress.com I’ve just discovered something I didn’t know: that Nim’s Island was featured in the very first issue of Alphabet Soup! (I did know that Nim had some fans in the Alphabet…
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From Iguanas to Red Carpet: FIrst view of Return to Nim’s Island
21st Mar

From Iguanas to Red Carpet: FIrst view of Return to Nim’s Island

All photos by Ryan Makepeace A film premiere is a lot like a wedding. There’s so much excitement about the event – the dress, the venue, the weather – that it’s easy…
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Return to Nim’s Island puts Queensland in the spotlight – The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory
19th Mar

Return to Nim’s Island puts Queensland in the spotlight – The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory

Photo by Ryan Makepeace I’ll write a full post on my Return to Nim’s Island Australia Zoo premiere experience tomorrow, but for tonight, while my brain is still in post-whirlwind/red carpet fog, here’s…
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The Nim Story
10th Mar

The Nim Story

Return to Nim’s Island comes to the big screen in Australia five years to the day after Nim’s Island; five and a half years after Nim at Sea was published, ten years…
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Filming wraps for Nim’s Island 2
25th Aug

Filming wraps for Nim’s Island 2

Sadly, deadlines, school festivals and a nasty cold kept me from getting back up to the set for the rest of filming and the fun of the wrap party,  but I’ve still…
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