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Friday, November 28, 2014

Another Farewell To Book Club...

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Yesterday, I said goodbye to another lot of Year 10 book clubbers. Natasha, Karyn and Jenny were the loyallest members, who turned up to pre...

Guest Post By G.K Holloway, Author of 1066:What Fates Impose

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Today's guest post is by Glynn(G.K) Holloway, whose novel 1066: What Fates Impose I won some months ago on the English Historical Fict...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

January Magazine Seventeen Years Young

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You know how LinkedIn sends you those emails asking you to congratulate someone on a work anniversary? It can be pretty silly, because it ...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

November 23 Meme

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Okay, here are some things that make November 23 special(and if you're in the Northern hemisphere you will be reading this on Novemb...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Hansel And Gretel by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti. Sydney, Bloomsbury. 2014

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The lost children. The gingerbread cottage. The scary witch who, however, doesn't see very well and can easily be fooled. All elements o...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Jenny Mounfield Interview Part 2: Yusuf And Reece

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First it was a group of Year 7 Literature Circles students interviewing Jenny Mounfield, author of thriller The Ice-cream Man(Ford Street Pu...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Saying Goodbye, Finally, To My Nerd Pack...

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Tonight I'm off to the Year 12 formal  ("Senior Prom" to my American readers) , where I will be saying a final farewell to m...
Monday, November 17, 2014

The Sleeper And The Spindle By Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. Sydney:Bloomsbury, 2014

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The sleeping princess, the castle covered with roses with deadly thorns... A familiar story, but with a twist. In her kingdom a young queen ...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Comet Landing - Rejoice!

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I've always loved the sensawunda of space fiction. As the years have gone by, I've absorbed science fiction and seen it become scie...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

George Ivanoff Giveaway!

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Dear readers, I visited George Ivanoff's blog  and Roadshow Entertainment has donated four copies of Miss Fisher's Murder Myste...
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Saturday, November 01, 2014

The Halloween Post

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Okay, it's a bit past Halloween and I live in a part of the world where we are looking forward to summer, not winter, but it's stil...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

New Page On The Great Raven(and an update)

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Okay, firstly, I've updated the page on the side where it tells you where you can get my books . Now that Crime Time is available in e...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Newest Ford Street Event

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If you live in Melbourne and want to hear a couple of great Aussie children's writers/artists, I just got this from my lovely publisher,...
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Jenny Mounfield Is Interviewed By Alanah, Gea, Mady, Chloe, Hope, Zoe,Deetroyt and Eric

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If you've followed this blog long enough, you will know that I am sometimes able to offer our English students the opportunity to inte...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Getting In Touch With Well Known Writers In The Days After Snail Mail

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Many, many years ago, when the Internet was unknown, I found a wonderful book directory to children's writers. Many of the bios featured...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Stalking Book Bloggers

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Yesterday I tried to make a comment on a blog I enjoy, the cheerful YA Yeah Yeah, published by Jim, a gentleman who likes YA mainstream fi...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Of Grammar And Communication

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There was an article on grammar in yesterday's Melbourne newspaper, the Age - no point  putting in a link as you have to be a subscri...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Look What I Got! My Contributor's Copy!

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Look what I have just picked up from the PO! Isn't it lovely? My first sale for the year(so far my only - still waiting to hear...

Bloggers Like Me And Marketing Companies

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I have had three inquiries in the last two days from marketers paid by "indy" writers to organise blog tours for them. I've ...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

On This Day: September 30 Meme

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What happened: Lots of battles! Too many, in my opinion. Never mind 1399: Henry IV, the subject of a lot of literature(Three plays by S...
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