When the Moon is a Smile
Review of ‘When the Moon is a Smile’, written by Teena Raffa-Mulligan with illustrations by Amy Calautti. Published by Daisy Lane Publishing 2019 https://daisylanepublishing.com I am always ...
The Golden Ticket!
In 2015 I completed a Picture Book course on line with Cathie Tasker, through the Australian Writers’ Centre. I was not new to writing as I had been writing for adults for some time and ...
Inspiration
Two years ago I stood in front of this magnificent Horse Chestnut tree in the Royal Gardens in Prague. All the trees had plaques and a number. A story began to grow in my head and I wrote quite a ...
Poetry ‘There is nothing lost in love that can’t be found again in poetry.’
I recently re-discovered a book of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy, titled Rapture. She won the T.S.Eliot Prize for this volume in 2005. It can be read like a novel, from start to finish and is an ...
Meditation
I happened to tune into Radio National Art Show this week and heard Ed Ayres interviewing Tony Costa. He had just won the Archibald prize with a portrait of artist Lindy Lee. She is seated in a ...
Bunnan Campdraft
Bunnan is a small town about 10kms from our farm. It used to have a school, a post office, a store and a pub . But now the centre of life is the Campground and Sports club. There used to be a ...
Forever Friends
Forever Friends is a new Picture Book by Tabitha Page. It is intended to be the first in a series called Fabulous Friends. The story is about acceptance, inclusions and empathy. It focuses on the ...
The Peacock Detectives
This middle grade fiction was short listed for the Text prize and is Carly Nugent’s debut novel. The cover by Sophie Beer is appealing, with touches of glitter and sparkle. From the opening ...
A Sunburnt Country
This week we drove to Gunnedah, about two hours north west of our farm. We passed sweeping plains stretching to the horizon with dry dams and puffs of cotton caught on the verges. Trucks hauling ...