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 ...
Blueback
Tim Winton is probably best known for his adult novels, especially Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath. But he has also written books for children and I remember reading that in his studio he has ...
Nobody Owns the Moon
I feel quite a connection to the author and illustrator of this Picture Book, Tohby Riddle as his wonderful mother Jasmine used to belong to my country writing group. The book is 10 years old but ...
Creativity
My writing group Warrah Writers, sometimes ventures from the old hall at Warrah, to inspire our creativity and expand our horizons. The April meeting was held at a new gallery in Willow Tree, run ...
Emma Quay- by Leanne Barrett
Giving Voice, Then Keeping Quiet: the art of making children’s picture books…and letting them go. Talk delivered at Creative Kids Tales Festival 2019 Emma Quay is the author and illustrator of ...
Maya and Cat
This is a delightful picture book written and illustrated by Caroline Magerl, published by Walker Books in 2018. Even the cover and end papers are teeming with cats of all shapes and sizes. The ...
Catch a Falling Star
I have just finished reading this Middle fiction novel by Meg McKinlay. I discovered her by chance at a Newcastle Writers Festival some years ago, when I bought a copy of a small chapter book ...
The Magnificent Tree
I have been trawling through the shelves of Picture Books at my local library, and then bringing some home for a closer look. This one, ‘The Magnificent Tree’ had me hooked by the ...
Weaning time
The two Daves have mustered the cows and drafted off the calves before I get there. It is hot and dusty. The cows are resting in the shade of an old Apple Box tree. We have to tag all the young ...