On Sat 8th August my daughter Kate married Chris Anderson at Whale Beach with the reception at Moby Dicks. I was the proud mother-of-the-bride. The ocean sparkled. The sky was clear. ThereRead More…

Our CBCA NSW Northern Sydney held a meeting at the Learning Hub on Wed 22nd July. Member spotlight was committee member Marian McGuinness – travel writer, children’s writer, teacher and book reviewer.Read More…

A happy group of book lovers piled into a bus and made the trip to Blackheath to visit Margaret Hamilton’s Children’s Book Cottage – Pinerolo. The roads were edged with melting snowRead More…

Wow! This year is speeding past me. We are up to Term 3 already. I start back with my creative writing classes at KAC- Monday and Tuesday afternoons. I do enjoy spendingRead More…

I reviewed 3 more picture books for CBCA Reading Time. ‘The Toast Tree’ by Corina Martin – illustrated by Fern Martins, ‘Onsie Mumsie!’ by Alice Rex, Illustrated by Amanda Francey and ‘Teacup’Read More…

I had a great time teaching workshops at The Lindfield Learning Hub in the last school holidays. I love that place- a terrific children’s book shop with a lot going on. TheyRead More…

These holidays I’m teaching 2 creative writing workshops for kids at the Learning Hub in Lindfield on Thursday 2nd July from 10am – 12pm and also on Wednesday 8th July from 10am –Read More…

My classes at KAC are still going very well. I have 12 keen kids on Monday afternoons and another 12 on Tuesday afternoons. It’s coming up to the end of Term 2Read More…

Our sub branch was inv0lved in two events in the Ku-ring-gai Library ‘Winter Warmers Week’ in the first week in June. On 2nd June – Kids were treated to a special authorRead More…

I wrote a review for ‘The Monster Within’ by Darrell Pitt. It was posted on the Buzz words site on 26th May. I also wrote reviews for CBCA Reading Time. They wereRead More…