SCBWI

This year I feel like I hit the ground running and have only just had a chance to stop and breathe. And therein lies part of the problem. A few days before Christmas, I started to cough, just a little. Then some more. No, you don’t have pneumonia for the third time, the doctor said. Phew, that’s a…

I love first pages. Some people judge a book by its cover and I’ve done that too. But for me, the first page is king. If the first page is wonderful, I’m hooked and I’ll persevere for a long time even if the book lets me down. So I was chuffed to receive a Highly…

Catching up with distant friends (so many wonderful writers and illustrators hail from Perth) and making new ones. The 2014 Australian-New ZealandSCBWI Conference might just be the most inclusive place on earth. The Illustrators Showcase. It was spectacular. I still have a severe case of artistic talent envy.Professor Ernest Bond’s Session Going to the Common…