Dianne Bates

How EXCITING is this? The prestigious New South Wales Premiers Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. My friend Dianne Bates is on for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult Fiction list with Crossing the Line. Read my review here. Di was kind enough to be my first OZ LIT PROFILE (some would say first…

I’m new to blogging and new to memes. I’d never heard the word before. Answers.com told me it was an idea that spreads, in this case, across the Internet. Answers.com is one of my favourite websites – all those great words and neat facts. But memes are my new favourite game. I love this one….

I am reprinting this review courtesy of The Reading Stack where I am a volunteer editor. Sometimes. Anyway this review says it all and for another excellent review check out Persnickety Snark. Crossing the Line by Dianne Bates – Ford Street Publishing. Paperback rrp $16.95 Neglected and abandoned by her mother and then rejected by…

Everyone knows Australians are mad about their sports. They like to ‘show the club colours’ every weekend, waving their banners and wearing their jerseys. We love our books too. So every weekend I am going to wear ‘the red, white and blue’ and profile an Aussie author or illustrator. My first profile is Dianne Bates,…