I hope you’ve all enjoyed the break over Christmas, and that 2009 is going to be a great year for all of us. 2009 has started on a high note for me with the launch of my new book, Turning the Page, part of the Making Tracks series published by the National Museum of Australia.…
Thanks to all of you who have sent me emails and left messages on my blog. Some of you have asked questions about Hugh and yes, Janna will meet him again in Book 5 – with some unexpected results! I’m still writing Book 6 and, I’m afraid, there’s no good news re publishers for Books…
Have just returned from two idyllic weeks in Vanuatu – what a fabulous place! It was a real ‘get away’ from it all, with a cruise around some of the more remote islands and then a stay at a resort near Vila. I spent most of my time in the sea, snorkeling the fabulous coral…
Many thanks to all of you who’ve written in with messages of support for The Janna Mysteries. It’s heart-warming to know that you really care what happens to Janna in the future. So do I, which is why I’m busy writing the last book (Book 6, Thyme for Trust) and why I shall do my…
So many of you have been emailing me to ask what’s going to happen in the next Janna Mystery and also ask when it will be coming out. I answered, in good faith, that I hoped Book 5 would be published next year (2009). Yes, there are lots of questions still to be answered before…
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…