12 Days of Christmas 2019
Did you know, the 12 Days of Christmas are between December 25 and January 5? I learned this last year, after spending years thinking it was the first 12 days of December!! For fun, I've decided to help us all kickstart our creativity with a 12 Days of...
What I’ve Read – November 2019
November has been another month with a mix of audio books, ebooks, and print books! The last couple of weeks, I've been feeling better than I have in ages, so I've been making more time to read than I had been. Driving to and from Melbourne, I listened to Just One...
Chocolate Prompt for Christmas
This time of year is always met with a tinge of sadness as it's the final session of Young Writers Group of the year. As promised, we finished the year with a favourite - The Chocolate Writing Prompt. This time, I chose a different box of the Cadbury Favourite's...
Launch: Raymund and the Fear Monster
One of the things I love about what I do is attending the launch of new books. This afternoon, I had the great joy of attending the launch of Raymund and the Fear Monster by Megan Higginson and Ester De Boer. I met Megan through Facebook groups a number of years ago,...
Through the Eyes of a Child
I love reading, I love books of all sorts. A beautiful picture book will have me showing everyone and buying extra copies to give as gifts. I admit, I look at picture books through the eyes of an adult. I appreciate the detail in the illustrations, the way they...
What I’ve Read – October 2019
October was pretty quiet on the reading front. I listened to two audio books, Heart of the Cross by Emily Madden and Tabby's First Quest by Mia Bell. Audiobooks have been my default for long car trips for the last few months, especially when I'm the only one in the...
Booktober interview with Imani
A few months ago, I heard of Imani Benfell, a young author who was raising money with her book, Mysteries of Maybelle. She was raising money for Emerge Australia, an organisation that raises awareness about ME/CFS, a condition my younger son has. Naturally, I...
A Toothbrush in a Blazer Pocket
Since a random point this year, one of our Young Writers Group regulars, Angus, has been walking around with a toothbrush in his blazer pocket. None of us know why, and I suspect he's forgotten the reason he started this too! After the workshops of last term, this...
What I’ve Read – September 2019
Picture books and audiobooks made up the bulk of my reading in September. The audiobook I listened to was Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood, one of the Phryne Fisher books I hadn't read yet. This is a throwback to some of the old English house murders where everyone is...
What I’ve Read – August 2019
The year is flying by. August was full of many long drives for various reasons. I love the Borrow Box app on my iPad and I downloaded a number of eBooks to listen to on these drives. I listened to Mr Bambuckles Remarkables Fight Back and Mr Bambuckles Remarkables Go...