If any of you are going to be in Canberra over the long weekend and enjoy reading sci fi or fantasy, you might think about coming to Conflux, the sci-fi/fantasy convention held at the Marque hotel. I shall be conducting a fantasy-writing workshop on Monday afternoon which should be a whole lot of fun for…
Today (Saturday) I have lost my voice. Which is a big calamity and a disaster as I’m supposed to be talking to the Plantagenet Society today about Stephen and Matilda. I am SOOOO disappointed as I was really looking foward to telling their story: that poor little girl being sent off to Germany, aged 8,…
I thought I’d share with you some of the things I’ll be doing over the next few weeks in case any of you would like to come along.Monday 15th Sept: I’ll be online with the QLD Literature Festival for two sessions ‘talking’ about crime and romance in medieval time: 9.20 and 10.35 session starts.Wed. 17th…
500 excited students plus teachers / librarians and authors all assembled for the annual Bookfeast last week and, as always, a wonderful time was had by all. Bookfeast is organised by Michael Fraser and his team and this year there was a change of venue, with Cabravale Diggers hosting the lunch. This year I sat…
I had a wonderful time on Tuesday night when I accompanied 40 students and teachers from St Josephs school at Nyngan, in western NSW on a Ghost Boy tour of the Quarantine Station. The students were on a 5-day trip and there was great excitement at the thought of seeing the Quarantine Station at night…
I’m delighted to tell you that the new version of the Ghost Boy tour, based on my novel of the same name, is now up and running at the Quarantine Station in Sydney. The tour is available for school students (primary and lower secondary) who are reading the novel in school, and it’s a great…
If you’d like to come to the travelling jeans party at Kincumber library on Friday, August 1st, please book with Claire Stuckey, tel: 4304 7622. Please note that the contact number has changed. Look forward to catching you there, if you’re in the area.
Hi everyone,Just to tell all of you in the Gosford area that I shall be at the Jean Genies party to welcome back the travelling jeans on Friday, August lst. The jeans have been all around NSW and we’ve all had a go at decorating them, so it’ll be really interesting to see them again;…
I love getting your emails about the Janna Mysteries, but the question you always ask and which is hardest to answer is ‘When is the next book coming out?’ The short answer is: I don’t know. I met with my publishers this week and they are still waiting to see how sales figures are going…
Again, my thanks to all of you for your emails and blog comments. I’ll be talking to Random House next week about Book 5 and hope to have some news to tell you after that.Meantime, I’ve come back from South America and I promptly got sick. Not good. I’m still battling a heavy cold and…