ANZ StorySchool Apple Education Project

Can technology help kids become better communicators, storytellers and writers? That’s the question we asked when I embarked on a project over the past year with Apple Education and Chris Blundell, from the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at QUT (QLD University of Technology). We built a community of practice by placing my Young Writers’ StorySchool online video writing workshop into 113 classrooms  in 41 schools around Australia and New Zealand and offering the teachers and T/Ls regular online professional development sessions. The Aus-NZ StorySchool program drew on iPad, its native apps and in-built assistive technologies to explore audio,…

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Cop & Robber Book Reviews

Cop & Robber Book Reviews

Reviews for my new crime-thriller novel for middle-graders, Cop & Robber. Magpies Journal review ‘Themes of atonement, forgiveness, compromise, loyalty and redemption flow … View Post
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Cop & Robber Audiobook

Cop & Robber Audiobook

Cop & Robber (for age 10+) is the first of my books to have the audiobook released simultaneously with paper and ebook. I was lucky … View Post
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Cop & Robber Cover Reveal

Cop & Robber Cover Reveal

My 2022 crime-thriller for middle-graders, Cop & Robber, now has a cover (with a quote from the extraordinary Morris Gleitzman, one of the authors … View Post
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NanoWriMo 2021

NanoWriMo 2021

November is National Novel Writing Month (NanoWriMo 2021) and this year I’ve been taking part and documenting my efforts to write a 50,000-word … View Post
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WIN Ginger Meggs!

WIN Ginger Meggs!

WIN a signed copy of my new children’s book, illustrated by Jason Chatfield, Ginger Meggs! It’s a hardback, full-colour, 100… View Post
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Summer Reading Club

Summer Reading Club

  Need reading inspiration? A tip on your next great book? Want to gamify your reading? State Library of QLD’s Summer Reading … View Post
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