January 1, 2020
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. […]
read hereHello again! Here I am, saved from the heatwaves, unlike our poor magnolias. Temperatures of 44C (111F) nearly killed us all last month. So sad. […]
read hereHello, and welcome back after your absence and mine! Happy, wonderful first day of spring to those of us in the southern hemisphere. As you […]
read hereHello, 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 […]
read hereHello, 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 […]
read hereI 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 […]
read hereHello 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 […]
read hereHello 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 […]
read hereHello again! I know the title above says this isn’t about a new baby, but that was before I had received an exciting email on […]
read hereHello again! Brrr. Early August 2018. It’s so cold I keep gloves beside my car keys so I don’t forget them when I leave the […]
read hereThank you for loving my books enough to buy them and borrow them in such quantities! And thanks to all my publishers and illustrators, my […]
read hereHello again! Resilience. Being a grown-up. Hanging on to one’s self-esteem. Getting over it. Moving on. Looking ahead. You guessed it. I’m Australian Too didn’t […]
read hereMonday April 9th 2018 Hello again from someone—the author of I’m Australian Too—who’s been shortlisted a couple of times this year and long-listed once, and […]
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