Reading

In my life, December 25th to mid January is new book time. At Christmas I kindly help my other half choose books for me by providing an extensive list of titles and during our January holiday I obsessively visit any bookstores within an hour-and-a-half radius. Here are the new additions to my bookshelf and a few now pending:…

Not everyone gets a book from me for Christmas although most people do. Many of my friends are readers or writers and if they’re not, they’re the target of my book lover conversion program. My book giving isn’t age based. Adults are very likely to receive a picture book if I think one will resonate. So…

For lots of authors November is National Novel Writing Month #NaNoWriMo where they aim to write 1,667 words a day to achieve 50,000 words for the month. Not for me. I run away very fast every time I hear someone suggest that! Here’s what I did instead: Wollongong Writers Festival Now in its sixth year, the Wollongong Writers…

I love all the wonderful chatter-filled , meander-down-the-blog-garden-path monthly round-up posts that I read, but *sigh* mine always sound like someone is writing a report. And maybe because, in a way, that’s what I am doing. Proving to myself that I’m achieving writerly things. Russ the Bus On 22nd October I  boarded Russ the (story) Bus…

I love reading the newsy round up posts of other authors and illustrators – like this one from Debra Tidball or this one from Tania McCartney. I thought I’d have a go at writing my own and that I’d cheat by starting with a look back over the last three months. Books and kids Is…

I’ve been avoiding podcasts for a while now. Closing my ears and pretending they don’t exist. The Love of my Life is a big fan but even that didn’t convince me. Until One More Page appeared and little snippets kept snagging my attention. You’re missing out on good stuff, was the subtext of those snippets….