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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Literature Circles The Movie - Take 1 Done!

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Late last night I finished the first version of my DVD and burned a couple of copies. I've been discovering bits I filmed and adding th...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Literature Circles The Movie!

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The post below is reprinted from my other blog, Sue Bursztynski's Page. I know this is basically a book review site, but this is how we...
Monday, November 18, 2013

I'm Finally Reading...

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Okay, I admit it: I download far more than I can possibly read in any week or month! (And then I end up rereading my favourites...) And way...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Dear Teachers And Librarians

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Dear teachers and librarians, Recently, one of my writer LinkedIn groups has been discussing school visits and doing them for free. Mo...
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Children's Charity Network Dinner - Writers And Artists Of The Future!

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Last night I attended the Children's Charity Network dinner. It's a sort of literary lunch/dinner in that each table has a writer ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

This Week's Random Reading

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I've been having fun picking up random books as I leave my library and taking them home to read. These last few days, I've picked...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Back From The YABBAs 2013!

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Today, I took a day's leave without pay to attend the Young Australian Best Book Awards, held this year at Haileybury College in East...
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Monday, November 04, 2013

Just Finished Reading... Ghost Hawk!

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Susan Cooper's Ghost Hawk is sitting on my iBooks shelf, just finished yesterday. I learned about its existence on a blog post by some...

Amazonish Goodies: The Final List

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In the end, I missed out on the Asimov book and the Crime novel with Agatha Christie in it. The  problem was, Foundation , the ebook versio...
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Saturday, November 02, 2013

Sunday Morning And Books

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I'm lying in bed on a Sunday morning listening to classical music on ABC FM. I woke at 6.20 am and knew I wouldn't sleep any more....
Friday, November 01, 2013

Unveiling My Choice of Amazonish Goodies

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Okay, I've made my choices! I get five ebooks, adding up to just under $25.00! Ghu, I'm good! ;-) One of them is Colin Falconer...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

On Winning Giveaways You Don't Remember Entering!

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For the second time in a row, I've won a book giveaway contest I don't remember entering.   The first time, it was an informal one...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Random Reading

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I've been picking up books at random from my library library shelves lately and taking them home to read. It's nice just picking ...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Gamers' Rebellion By George Ivanoff. Melbourne: Ford Street Publishung,2013

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When the Ford Street anthology Trust Me! was published a few years ago, one of the short stories was "Game Plan" by Georg...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Greylands By Isobelle Carmody. Melbourne: Ford Street Publishing, 2012

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Jack is dreaming of his mother, who died after a fall from a height in a fun park. She had been suffering from a form of depression...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Thoughts On My Female Characters

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Today, a Year 7 girl returning a copy of Wolfborn asked, "Miss, are you a writer?" - making sure I was actually the author of t...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Marketing 101: How NOT To Do It

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So, I got yet another request for a book promo. I could have had a copy of the book, but the blurb told me it was not my kind of book, th...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

SF To Science Fact: Michael Crichton's Mosquito

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Anyone out there read the novel Jurassic Park ? I did, a while before the movie came out. Remember the mosquito trapped in amber with a bel...
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Monday, October 14, 2013

Parke Godwin, 1929-2013

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Having read a post this morning that reminded me that in the northern hemisphere it was still October 14, anniversary of the Battle of Has...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Launching Murder And Mendelssohn

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This morning I left my mother's place early, to go across town to the Sun Bookshop in Yarraville, which is in the nicer part of the we...