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. […]
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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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New baby…er, I mean new book!
Hello 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 […]
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Strangely, in the southern hemisphere …
Hello 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 hereJune 25, 2018
Thank you!
Thank you for loving my books enough to buy them and borrow them in such quantities! And thanks to all my publishers and illustrators, my […]
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MAY..be next time but not in MAY 2018
Hello 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 hereApril 9, 2018
Shortlists, shortlists, all the way!
Monday 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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