My thanks to Oatley West P/S

I so enjoyed my visit to Oatley West P/S on Wednesday.  The teacher/librarians made me most welcome and the students were a delight: asking lots of questions and really getting into water dragons, little penguins, ghosts and other topics covered in my books. And I’m hoping they’ll produce some terrific stories after looking at all…

Workshops, LWTS and Book Week!

Although I’m not writing anything at present, this last month has been really busy with writing-related activities, especially with CBCA Book Week coming up in August.  Amongst other things I prepared and presented a workshop at this month’s Society of Women Writers NSW meeting on using settings not only to set the scene but also…

Free copies of I, Morgana!

Just a reminder that e-copies of I, Morgana are free from Amazon until the end of the month. Make the most of this opportunity to read what comes BEFORE the action in my latest historical fantasy, The Once and Future Camelot, as Morgana’s daughter, Marie, travels with the royal court of Henry II and Eleanor…

A year ago in England – reposted

After France (see previous blog) we journeyed to England and I spent some time in London to do some more research, including a tour of Parliament House, before I took up my writer’s residency in beautiful Barnstaple in Devon. Being summer, there were beautiful baskets of flowers hanging everywhere – and luscious summer fruits for purchase in…

A year ago in England …

After France (see previous blog) we journeyed to England and I spent some time in London to do some more research, including a tour of Parliament House, before I took up my writer’s residency in beautiful Barnstaple in Devon. Being summer, there were beautiful baskets of flowers hanging everywhere – and luscious summer fruits for purchase in…

A year ago in France …

This time last year we were in France, at the beginning of my research trip for The Once and Future Camelot, that would take me from Brittany to the lands of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II and then back to England for more research and some intensive writing. It’s been a full on but…

Freebies and Launch!

‘They would do anything to be reunited with those they love, even if it means travelling beyond the boundaries of the world as we know it.’  Described as ‘an astounding historical fantasy turning the King Arthur legend on its head’, my new book has now been published by Momentum/Pan Macmillan, and I want to thank…

Publication: Once & Future Camelot!

Publication today!  Absolutely thrilled that The Once and Future Camelot, sequel to I, Morgana, has now been published by Momentum/Pan Macmillan – and my thanks and gratitude to the wonderful team who made this possible. I’ve so enjoyed telling this story of two women, separated by almost a thousand years, but joined by their common…