On Thursday night I was honoured to attend the opening night of The Scar Project, a photographic exhibition On Seven at David Jones, sponsored by The National Breast Cancer Foundation. This is a FREE event open from 12th – 21st September 2014, exhibiting a series of large scale portraits of young women surviving breast cancer, […]
It’s finally here… Mrs T’s Kooky Pants is now published, with my official launch being held at The Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft on 20th September at 2pm (refer invitation for full details). Proceeds from the sale of every copy of Mrs T’s Kooky Pants will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), who have actually endorsed the […]
As I felt the stones beneath my shoes and looked down, I couldn’t quite believe I was there. Walking on the same ground my parents and grandparents had played on as kids. The exact road my mother, wearing a white dress and flowers in her hair, rode on her father’s donkey to meet her […]
Bags packed – check. Writing tools at the ready – check. Nerves calmed – check. Ready to go? I think so 🙂 As you probably know by now, I’m off on an overseas research trip to Lebanon tomorrow. It is the land of my heritage, and is one of the settings in the historical fiction […]
I love being a teacher. I love that I get to hang out with kids who love picture books as much as I do, who don’t mind my silly voices when I tell stories, and who think my wacky dance moves are funny and cool. I also love school holidays, when I get to rest, […]
You know how much I love children’s picture books! Why wouldn’t I? You get to relive your childhood, devour delightful words, chuckle, cry, hoot, swing…. Well, you get what I mean, don’t you? C’mon then…if you don’t know what I mean, it’s obviously been way too long since you’ve read a picture book!! I recently […]
Remember that secret I hinted at here? I think it’s time to start revealing the whole thing. Well, maybe not the whole thing…but part of it. Yep, it’s all happening in 2014! 🙂 I do have another secret I can’t wait to share….just not yet 🙂 Soon, I promise! Anyway (*a quick change of subject*)… […]
It took a while, but I finally got Chapter 4 of my novel over to Amanda …and a couple of days early at that 🙂 I was happy to get this response in Amanda’s reply email: “A really substantial chapter! Great work :)” I knew there would be more to it than that though. I’m getting […]
Fantangle Christmas Angel I can’t believe we’re already almost half way through January 2014. I’m loving the holidays, and trying not to plan too far ahead now, so that the rest of January doesn’t fly by. My plan is to take each day as it comes, and enjoy the moments. I’ve enjoyed being able to […]
There are so many wonderful things about this time of year. There’s the reminder of that day many years ago when a precious baby was born in a manger…a tiny baby destined to change humanity for eternity. Then there’s the excitement of spending joyful times with family and friends. Of course there’s the blessing of […]