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The gift of bonded pair rescue cats – Harry the Rescue Dog’s Rainbow Street Animal Shelter blog
28th Aug

The gift of bonded pair rescue cats – Harry the Rescue Dog’s Rainbow Street Animal Shelter blog

Harry the Rescue Dog hasn’t posted in his Rainbow Street Animal Shelter blog for a while, so in penance, we’re sharing a cat story today. Australian edition Have you heard of bonded…
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Book Launch! And Blog Tour.
22nd Jun

Book Launch! And Blog Tour.

It’s finally here – Dragonfly Song will be in stores across Australia next Monday.  (The wait might not have seemed as long to you, but it’s been on my computer for a…
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Have you ever ridden on a sea lion?
19th Jul

Have you ever ridden on a sea lion?

Miriam at Create Hope Inspire blog interviewed me about Rescue on Nim’s Island this week.  Her two young sons also had some great questions! Here are a couple: Have you ever ridden on a…
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Looking back at Ark in the Park
28th Jan

Looking back at Ark in the Park

I chose Ark in the Park for the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop (scroll down to the post below) for a few reasons. In some ways it’s my favourite of my…
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Name a character competition
14th Jan

Name a character competition

If you read my last post, you’ll know that at the last minute I decided I wanted to change some things in Rescue on Nim’s Island, which will be published by Allen…
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Read Across America: from Australia to Yonkers
1st Mar

Read Across America: from Australia to Yonkers

The teachers in a Yonkers school have extended Read Across America a little this year: I’m reading to their Grade 3 and 4 classes from my home in Australia. But since the…
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Next Big Thing Blog Tour
16th Jan

Next Big Thing Blog Tour

I’ve been tagged for the Next Big Thing, a new blog tour where an author writes about their current work or next book. I was tagged by two lovely authors, Corinne Fenton,…
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Artists and Animals: Kerry Thompson, aka Kerry Millard
25th Apr

Artists and Animals: Kerry Thompson, aka Kerry Millard

Kerry Thompson, published as Kerry Millard, is a painter,cartoonist and illustrator. We first met twenty years ago at an Australian Children’s Book Council Book of the Year celebration, when we each had…
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Artists and Animals: Prue Mason and Camel Rider
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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