KOALA and YABBA Award Winners
The YABBA Awards (Young Australians’ Best Book Awards) and KOALA Awards (Kids Own Australian Literature Awards) have been announced for another year and I’… View Post
Journey of a ‘Reluctant Reader’
I recently received a Facebook message from Kylie, the mother of a boy who suffers from dyslexia and has been very reluctant to read. … View Post
Byron Writers Festival 2018
Byron Writers Festival is one of the best literary events on the calendar – a big, bright, sunshine-and-idea-fuelled celebration of stories. I’m lucky enough … View Post
WIN Tom Weekly: My Life & Other Failed Experiments!
** Thanks to the 259 people who entered! The winners have been drawn using the number randomiser at www.random.org. Congratulations to Andrew-Toni Trease, Tania … View Post
WIN Tom Weekly Books
Books 4 and 5 in my Tom Weekly series (illustrated by Gus Gordon) are being rereleased 1 June with new covers, bigger illustrations and more space inside (… View Post
New Tom Weekly Teaching Resources
Teachers are using the revamped and redesigned Tom Weekly book series as short story readalouds in the classroom and also as a way to … View Post
Two Wolves Audiobook
I recently recorded the audiobook of my crime / mystery novel for middle-graders, Two Wolves (CBCA Honour Book, shortlisted Prime Minister’s Literary Awards) and … View Post
