January 31, 2019
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 […]
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 […]
read hereMarch 2nd 2018 I thought I’d better write an update before I become so old on Monday (March 5th 2018) that I forget how to […]
read hereOf course it’s summer. Of course I live in Adelaide. Of course everyone’s now back at work or school, so of course there’s yet another heatwave […]
read hereWell, hello, and welcome to my grapes! This rainbow lorikeet came to say Happy New Year to us today, so I thought I’d pass on […]
read hereSeptember 3rd 2017 (My husband took the photo. I haven’t taken a photo since the 1960’s.) Yes, spring at last. As you see, the vines […]
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