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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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Awards from home – Diamonds are a girl’s best friend
23rd Mar

Awards from home – Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

Okay, so the diamonds may be symbolic here! It’s always a thrill to be nominated for any award, but some awards have an extra sentimental kick for their particular book.  RAVEN’S MOUNTAIN…
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Australia Day Book Giveaway
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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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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A PS to the Reading Hour: hooking kids into reading:
13th Sep

A PS to the Reading Hour: hooking kids into reading:

Australia’s official Reading Hour is over for another year, but I hope that the practice of reading to your child will continue throughout homes across the country, and the world, every day.…
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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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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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Poppy’s Path excerpt
9th Dec

Poppy’s Path excerpt

To follow up from yesterday’s post on the art of Ritva Voutila: I’m having trouble attaching a longer excerpt of Poppy’s Path on my site, so for Jill and anyone else who…
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The Selfish Giant lives again – the Art of Ritva Voutila
8th Dec

The Selfish Giant lives again – the Art of Ritva Voutila

This is one of the most stunning picture books I’ve ever seen. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since Ritva used the winter picture on the invitation as an e-Christmas card…
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Plotting, planning, and the terror of a new story
13th Oct

Plotting, planning, and the terror of a new story

I’ve been planning a new book for the last while – it’s always hard to say how long for, because some ideas for it have been floating around for several years. But…
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fiction favorites…Mokie and Bik � Orange Marmalade
9th Oct

fiction favorites…Mokie and Bik � Orange Marmalade

fiction favorites…Mokie and Bik � Orange Marmalade The Orange Marmalade blog has done a  lovely review of Mokie and Bik – I’m smiling at what she says about the story and words,…
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