The next day I gave a talk at Maroubra Junction Public School with excited Year 1 and Year 2 children. Thanks to The Children’s Bookshop Speakers Agency and Susan Mirrow for booking me. I was amazed at some of the questions Read More …
A wonderful day at Belrose Public School on their dress-up Book Day. The teachers joined in the fun and were dressed as witches, wizards and fairies. My audience were colourful in all their animal costumes and book characters. Thanks Kirsten Read More …
The students did a fantastic job creating animals in the library. A fabulous two days talking to all the students at the Bowral Public School. The dedicated Teacher Librarian, Jenny Henderson, gave me a wonderful welcome and the students were so Read More …
Judy Seager invited me to talk to students at Penbank Public School again. Travelling there was a problem because of work being done on the train lines. The school was over an hour’s drive, so I had to find a Read More …
The Kids & YA Festival, Saturday 25th June was a great success. Aleesah Darlison was the fabulous Festival Director, and the NSW Writers’ Centre staff did a wonderful job. There were 36 authors and illustrators and ten sessions throughout the Read More …
I adopted little Mbegu last October when I went to visit the Shelrick Elephant orphanage, in Naroibi, Kenya. I received an email report each month about her progress. This month I was so delighted to receive this one. “Our Mini Read More …
This was my third time talking at Voices on the Coast organised by the amazing Kelly Dunham and her team. Due to a terrible storm I had a 5 hour wait at Sydney airport, so I was relieved when I Read More …
I have been so busy talking at schools and festivals, I have not had time to write about the wonderful Booked In Armidale Literary Festival, organised by Sophie Masson, CBC and NEWC. I stayed at the fabulous Lindsay House, and Read More …
Karl Ammann captured a magic moment in my life when I had a wonderful encounter with two cheetahs in Kenya, Africa. This fabulous photograph has been my ‘signature’ for all my schools and festival promotions and featured on the front Read More …
Saturday 12th: I arrived at the zoo at 8.30am to photograph their sleepy sloth. It lives in the Fragile Forest enclosure with hundreds of beautiful birds, bats and lemurs. The lemurs were curled up together having a snooze. The sloth Read More …