Welcome to my Blog. I'm an Australian author living on the south coast of WA. I write mainly for young people.
You can read my latest news, find out about my books, watch a book trailer, explore links to other writers and find out how to book me for a school visit.
Don't forget to also visit my website here
The whales are back!
On a calm day, you can see them just off Albany’s Middleton Beach.
The large island in the photo is Michaelmas. The smaller one on the right hand side is Breaksea Island (1914 home of Fay Howe) … and the shadow in front of Breaksea is a Southern Right whale. There were about six lolling about yesterday. They raised tails and flukes, but I wasn’t quick enough with the camera. Jessica was though, check out her photo at http://www.albanygateway.com.au/blog/attachment/1228/
Hurruh!!
Lighthouse Girl is one of five books nominated under the Childrens Book catagory, results come out on 1st September 2010. To see the full list check out:
and click the link at the bottom of the page
July 12th - photographs from the combined celebration of Dianne’s donation of book drafts and papers to the State Library of WA through the Cultural Treasures Program and also the purchase of the SCBWI cow for the new children’s area, The Place.
With generous help from the WA Department of Culture and the Arts and the Copyright Agency Limited, I travelled to Bologna, Italy with SCBWI Illustrator Liaison, Frane’ Lessac to showcase the work of Western Australian children’s writers and illustrators at the 2010 Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
This gave me a wonderful opportunity to display not only my own books, but also the books of fellow WA members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: Frane’ Lessac, Mark Greenwood, Matt Ottley, Meg McKinlay, Jen Banyard, Sally Murphy, Norman Jorgensen, Julia Lawrinson and Elaine Forrestal were displayed and received excellent feedback.
I grew up in Melbourne, Bangkok and Albury.
After training as a teacher, I worked in Perth, the hills of Nepal and downtown Tokyo.
Now I live on the south coast of Western Australia.
A trailer for my book Lighthouse Girl can be found here
The 2010 Perth Writers Festival (Feb 25-March1) was a whirl of interesting talks, panels, workshops and parties. It was great to catch up with friends from across WA and interstate.
Friday 5th March I visited St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School in Karrinyup. How lovely to talk to and then be surrounded by these talented young women - they even gave me flowers!!
Photograph by Jan Nicholls
I am thrilled to hear that Lighthouse Girl has just been shortlisted for the 2010 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA). For more details check out: www.wayrba.org.au
