Tag: Sally Murphy

The Week that Was #5

Warning! Warning! This might be the most boring Week That Was post of the whole year!   I reviewed – lots of series books for the Funday section in the Sunday Telegraph –… Continue reading

Quiet writers – mice that roar

Lately I find myself writing posts about other people’s blog posts and today I’m doing it again. Meg McKinlay has written a wonderful post about ‘quiet writing’, writing where action is not… Continue reading

Love Your Publisher – and related wonderfulness

One of the sessions I attended at the Australia-NZ 2014 SCBWI Conference gave the advice “love your publisher”. It was definitely a love-fest at this month’s inaugural Walker Books Australia (WBA) Author-Illustrator… Continue reading

I once was a pretender poet

To help celebrate the launch of her new verse novel Toppling, I have been blogging over at Sally Murphy’s Writing For Children blog on What Sandy Fussell Likes About Children’s Poetry. At… Continue reading

Cyberlaunching

Today I have my fancy dress on – the one with the shiny things on the front, my coloured glass jewellery (more shiny things) and gold sandals – OK I’m not much… Continue reading

Snowy’s Christmas Blog Tour

I was fortunate to be a Storyteller at the 2009 Sydney Children’s Festival. The audience were too young for my own books so I took along a selection of my favourite picture… Continue reading

CELEBRATING WITH FRIENDS – Sally Murphy Wins 2009 IBBY (Children’s Book)

My writer friends are doing wonderful things lately and I have decided it’s time I did something to help them celebrate. So tonight I’m throwing a party. **polite clapping** The Guest of… Continue reading

MONKEY FIST BLOG TOUR Day 6 – Sally Murphy’s Writing for Children

It’s blog tour day 6 and I’m doing two things at once. Isn’t cyberspace wonderful? Today I’m visiting Sally Murphy’s Writing For Children Blog to talk with Sally Murphy (author of many… Continue reading

SANDY A-TWITTER ABOUT PIR

My name was all over Twitter today. I was mentioned, referred to and retweeted. What did I do to deserve all this attention? Well, to be honest, I did nothing. I just… Continue reading

I Love Verse Novels

I am a big fan of the verse novel. Until Stephen Herrick’s Cold Skin (2008) landed in my reviewer pile, I had never read one. I thought they were full of poetry…. Continue reading