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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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Interview with Audrey, a teen reader & blogger
27th Aug

Interview with Audrey, a teen reader & blogger

A Type Of Teen blog interview Something very special about being interviewed by one of my readers! Audrey is 13 and runs the very impressive atypeofteen wordpress blog. She recently interviewed me…
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Dee White’s Writing Classes for Kids Competition
8th Jun

Dee White’s Writing Classes for Kids Competition

MEET WENDY ORR – Featured Author Dee White runs a writing workshop for kids on her blog, and often has great competitions. This month she has been kind enough to feature me,…
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Diving Deeper into your story:
12th Feb

Diving Deeper into your story:

Yesterday, Margo Lanagan tweeted pictures of the scrapbooks she used while working on her new novel  Sea Hearts (which I’m dying to read, not only because Selkies are dear to my heart,…
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Raven’s Mountain on Speech Pathology Australia Awards Shortlist
4th Jun

Raven’s Mountain on Speech Pathology Australia Awards Shortlist

I’m thrilled to hear and share that Raven’s Mountain has been shortlisted for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia Awards, in the Upper Primary section. These awards “aim to promote literacy and the…
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Raven’s Mountain launch
7th May

Raven’s Mountain launch

Better late than never… I promised I’d put up some pictures from the launch for Raven’s Mountain, at Robinsons Books in Frankston – and I’ve added in my talk as well. One…
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gillpolack: Women’s History Month: Wendy Orr
13th Mar

gillpolack: Women’s History Month: Wendy Orr

Gillian Pollack had the great idea of celebrating Women’s History Month on her blog. Some of her writers stuck to the topic a bit better than I did, so have a look…
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post-teen trauma: Anatomy of a Novel: Raven’s Mountain
10th Mar

post-teen trauma: Anatomy of a Novel: Raven’s Mountain

The talented Simmone Howell is hosting a series appropriately titled: Anatomy of Novel on her blog:post-teen trauma: Anatomy of a Novel: Raven’s Mountain Here’s my contribution for Raven’s Mountain, which I put…
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Invitation to Launch of Raven’s Mountain
25th Feb

Invitation to Launch of Raven’s Mountain

Join Wendy Orr, author of NIM’S ISLAND, for the launch of her new adventure novel RAVEN’S MOUNTAIN 2:00, Saturday 26th February at Robinsons Books, 3/11 Station St, Frankston9783 6488 “A wonderful read.” Michelle…
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Wendy Orr’s RAVEN’S MOUNTAIN � Love That Book – Books for the Young
5th Feb

Wendy Orr’s RAVEN’S MOUNTAIN � Love That Book – Books for the Young

Here’s the first online review that I’ve seen for Raven’s Mountain, on the “Love that Book” blog. I still haven’t read ‘Hatchet’ – somehow I’d missed it before I wrote the book,…
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