Sydney’s Quarantine Station (a deliciously creepy place) is having an Open Day this Sunday, 16th Sept. I’ll be talking about Ghost Boy at 10.30 and doing a short reading + book signing. It’s a great place to visit – hope to see you there!
I have a HUGE week coming up, beginning with Lunch with the Stars at the beautiful old St Patricks seminary in Manly tomorrow, with lots of children’s authors and a host of excited students and their teachers. On Wednesday I’ll be talking to Brookvale Primary students about Ghost Boy and the Quarantine Station. It’s always…
Sage for Sanctuary & Thyme For Trust – the Janna Series, by Felicity Pulman It’s 12th century England and a time of civil unrest. Janna’s mother is murdered by a corrupt nobleman and she is forced to flee her village. Using her considerable survival skills and knowledge of herbs, healing and human nature, Janna sets…
On Drive Time ABC Radio Canberra today (Monday) Laurine Croasdale reviewed my medieval crime series, The Janna Mysteries, in particular the last two in the series: Sage for Sanctuary and Thyme for Trust. http://blogs.abc.net.au/canberra/2012/08/kids-books-with-laurine-croasdale.html?site=canberra&program=canberra_drive. It was a beautiful review of a series that is still so close to my heart, and I am thrilled! It’s…
I needed to make several research trips to the UK while writing my medieval crime series, The Janna Mysteries, so that I could walk in my character’s footsteps and see what she would have seen (and also try to visualise some of it from the ruins of castles and abbeys.) I walked for miles, armed…
And what a star-studded event it was, with the zany Oliver Phommenvanh as host along with the wonderful library staff who contributed so much to the success of the event. Antonette had the audience playing dress ups and adding appropriate sounds to her Demi Chat mystery; Mark Thommason illustrated perspective with pieces of string (now…
Tuesday 10th July at 10 a.m. at Warringah Mall Library on the Northern Beaches, Sydney – please drop in to the library for morning tea with Oliver Phommavanh, Toni Brisland, Mark Thommason and me, talking about our books and answering questions about reading, researching and writing! I’ll be talking about Ghost Boy, Wally the Water…
In Praise of Teachers: One of the regrets of my life is my lack of appreciation of the teachers who (as it turned out) have moulded my journey through life. By the time I came to an awareness of their influence, it was too late to repay that debt of gratitude. And so I dedicate…
Love the new graphics on my blog site! Thank you Jason (and cube web solutions!) A great get together of children’s authors this week over dinner at a local Thai restaurant, but with the sad task of saying farewell to the very gifted and innovative Karen Robertson (of Treasure Kai fame), who is going back…
Great to read Tony Abbott’s spirited endorsement of books and reading in his article ‘Books shape ideals, dreams’ in today’s (Wed) Australian, page 12. It’s encouraging to know that the Leader of the Opposition believes that ‘the book symbolises our aspirations to learn, to teach and to understand. I salute the book, without which a…