Join Isolde Martyn, Elisabeth Storrs, Julianne Miles-Brown and Debbie Robson at Sutherland library on Monday 29th May from 6.30 – 8.30 pm to hear how these talented authors of historical fiction set about researching and writing their books, from the first ‘inkle’ that set them chasing down the road and ending with how they set…
It was such a pleasure to be invited to join several other children’s authors and meet so many inspirational teacher/librarians at the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay’s TLs conference in Manly on Thursday. A group of us met Education Officer Julie Regalado from the Quarantine Station for a tour of some of the iconic buildings…
I’m looking forward to joining a group of teacher/librarians for a short tour of the Quarantine Station on Thursday as part of the Catholic Teacher/Librarian Professional Learning conference held in Manly this week. It’s a chance to showcase this wonderful site (the most intact quarantine station in the world – and probably the creepiest!) and…
I’ve just been reading a new book titled From Quarantine to Q Station: Honouring the Past, Securing the Future, which starts with a fascinating insight into Aboriginal settlement on North Head and goes through the earliest days of quarantine in Sydney to the station’s metamorphosis as a ‘world class tourist destination‘ with hotel facilities under the management…
Just a heads up about the HNSA satellite events in Sydney to publicise our conference in Melbourne in September. First up is at Mosman Library, and Belinda Murrell and I glammed it up yesterday for the Mosman Daily – a taste of the researching and writing journey which we’ll be sharing with Lauren Chater and…
To publicise the upcoming HNSA conference in Melbourne in September, we’re holding several free satellite events in Sydney, the first being at Mosman Library on March 29th, 7-9 pm. All welcome! I’ll be joining the fabulous Belinda Murrell, Lynette McDermott and Lauren Chater on the panel to talk about researching and writing historical fiction, and…
I can’t believe how long it is since my last post! My apologies: it’s been a busy few months with Christmas, school holidays, writing a new book plus also organising satellite events in Sydney to promote our upcoming Historical Novels Society of Australasia conference in Melbourne in September. It’s going to be terrific! You’ll find…
So pleased to see my interview with Elisabeth Storrs of the Historical Novels Society of Australia in the latest issue of the Historical Novels Review, in which I talk about the ‘tyranny of distance’ when it came to living in Australia while researching and writing this medieval crime series (originally published as the Janna Mysteries.)…
… it’s hard to keep count! I spent a lovely morning yesterday with students from Mackillop Catholic College Warnervale up at the Quarantine Station as we followed in the footsteps of the characters in my novel Ghost Boy while at the same time students learned something of the history of the QS, and its dark…
I’m looking forward to talking at the English Teachers’ Association Annual Conference ‘To unpathed waters and undreamed shores’ next month on the topic of ‘Inspiring Students to Tell Their Stories’ – which will involve looking at where to find ideas for stories, and also the ‘building blocks’ of story telling. And my challenge to you is:…
