August 5, 2021
Still alive, still writing
Hello, once more! Before I start, I’d like to alert you to a few videos of speeches and readings of individual books. I had to […]
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Ages and Ages
Hello again! The only people who read websites like this (so I’m told) are librarians, teachers and students of children’s literature, but hey— librarians, teachers, […]
read hereDecember 29, 2020
Some year! Christmas New Year 2020/2021
I’m imagining that at this moment in the world’s history every Facebook entry, every blog, card, tweet, diary, letter, journal, instagram, email and so on, […]
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Survival!
Australia, I love you! We have survived. This isn’t us, but it is a photo of our beach this evening, which encapsulates the peace of […]
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No Other Topic!
Hello, hello, especially to those holed up in your homes, on the edge of hysteria. I’m with you. Corona virus. There is no other topic. […]
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Happy New Decade!
Hello again! Here I am, saved from the heatwaves, unlike our poor magnolias. Temperatures of 44C (111F) nearly killed us all last month. So sad. […]
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Which new book?
Hello, and welcome back after your absence and mine! Happy, wonderful first day of spring to those of us in the southern hemisphere. As you […]
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Post-Holiday Post
Hello, once again. (Let’s hope there are many ‘once agains’!) Since I last wrote I’ve been on holiday or on vacation, depending on which kind […]
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Had a busy day?
Hello, hello! I’m still here… I often tell you that I write rarely. That’s true. But the writing does become intense and all-my-focus towards the […]
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Stamp of Approval
I remember my mother telling me, when I was ten, never to talk about myself—that people would find it boring. Instead, she said, I should […]
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Year’s End At Last!
Hello again, weary end-of-year people! Like any teacher, which I once was, or perhaps any worker, I succumb to illness as soon as I stop […]
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Books I have loved in 2018
Hello again! There’ll be another hello almost immediately, when I post the last blog of the year with news and photos my recent book tour […]
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