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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

July 31 Birthday Meme

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This time last year, I asked my class,"Who can tell me whose birthday it is today?" One of my students, the younger brother of my...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin!

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Rosalind Franklin, July 25, 1920-April 16, 1958 Here's another tribute to a woman of science mentioned in my second book, Rosalind Fr...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Things To Come On The Great Raven!

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What I have just finished reading, first: Meg Cabot's Avalon High. I've not read her Princess Diaries series, which are supposed t...
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Dear Internet Hackers

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Dear Hackers, Please get a life. You have no friends or you wouldn't waste your time and everybody else's trying to get into peop...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Dolly Fiction

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This morning, Tehani Wessely was talking on Twitter about Dolly Fiction, a series of Australian YA teen romance novels published in the 19...
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Monday, July 08, 2013

Black Spring by Alison Croggon. Sydney: Walker Books Australia, 2012

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I've only read one of Alison Croggon's novels before, the first Pellinor book. I'm not a fan of the Fat Fantasy Novel ...
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Friday, July 05, 2013

Anticipating The Crucible!

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Today, my sister and I will be seeing Arthur Miller's McCarthy era play The Crucible , being performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

ASIM 60 And First Go At Editing

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Actually, I have edited before, apart from the individual stories I did for two multi-editor ASIMs. I've published a few lovingly-craf...
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Sophie Masson's New Venture

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Hi lovely readers. This morning I got the following email from Sophie Masson, author of so many wonderful fairy tale books (some review...

Anniversary - Gone With The Wind

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On June 30 1936 the massive writing/publishing/cultural phenomenon Gone With the Wind  was first published. It sold 1,000,000 copies in six...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

On Reading, Rereading And Introducing Books

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Yesterday I persuaded a student to try Douglas Adams. We have a volume of Hitchhiker's Guide 1-4 on the library shelves. Mark was in my...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Recently Downloaded Ebooks

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There's something magical about ebooks. In my case, I get a credit from iTunes via those cards which you can always find discounted som...
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Spam Comments Again!

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Ack, I've been spammed again - and published a spam comment, since removed. Mostly, they're easy to spot - they make a vague comm...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Just Finished Reading...

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Some of this is on ebook, some print. I managed to get three of the shortlisted titles for this year's CBCA awards on iBooks - I'm ...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Continuum - The Rest Of It!

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So after lunch yesterday, I got back on time for the readings. In the end, we had to read to each other, because nobody turned up till Nar...
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Saturday, June 08, 2013

Continuum Day 2 So Far

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I arrived lateish this morning due to wanting a sleep in, then stopping at Haigh's to buy chocolate. I wanted to have it with tea, but ...
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Continuum Day 1

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Yesterday I arrived late for Continuum, because I spend Friday nights with my mother, then take her for lunch. Friday nights are sacred to ...
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Sunday, June 02, 2013

A Baby Boomer In The Age Of Technology

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While I was at the conference last week, I was asked to fill in a survey form and  had to borrow a pen because I had forgotten to bring on...
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Saturday, June 01, 2013

On Editing ASIM

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I've been a member of the Andromeda Spaceways Collective(now Association, long story) since it was in single digits. Now, I'm final...
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So Many Books, So Little Time! Reading Matters Splurge

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Just got back from three days at Reading Matters, the biennial conference run by the Centre for Youth Literature in Melbourne. More when I ...
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