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School Holiday visit to Central Coast

I had my first official author visit and workshop, 2 months before Thai-riffic! comes out. I became friends with Claire from the Gosford City Library network, and I was impressed with their bookclubs and themed parties. So, I drove up north to be part of their pirate party and run a school holiday workshop at

Guest blogger for ABC Bookshow and Superclubs Plus

I’m blogging for the ABC Bookshow , discussing children books, among other things. I’m covering events for the Sydney Writers Festival. I’ll also be an author guest on Superclubs Plus, an safe social networking site for kids. In the first two weeks of June, I’ll blogging with kids, co-writing a story and answering questions in the ‘Hot Seat.’ Plus there will be

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Thai-riffic! cover

Here we are, my lovely cover for Thai-riffic! The book will be on the 31st of May. It will be available everywhere where good books are sold. I’m having a school launch on the 8th of June. I’ll also be having a bookstore launch at Gleebooks on the 27th of June. If you’re around Glebe at

The Age Ultimate Story

The MS Ultimate Story competition is a chance for kids to write the final chapter of a story that’s been written by three authors and last year’s winning student. There are tons of prizes up for grabs. Julia Lawrinson wrote the 1st chapter and if you pick up a copy of the Sunday Age on May 9th,