WHERE I'LL BE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS

February 6-7 - Canberra Scribble Writers' Festival I'm doing several sessions on Saturday for adults on writing books for children.

February 24-28 - Perth Apropos Poetry Festival (doing several workshops and panel sessions about poetry for children)

March 4 - Sydney - School Librarians' Conference (also talking about poetry for kids)

March 18-20 - Somerset Celebration of Literature on Gold Coast

Would love to see you at any of these - come and say hello!

August 2008 - Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) was an Honour Book for Younger Readers in the CBCA Awards.

Yaayyyy! Many thanks to all of you who sent congratulations.

VISIT TO SPRINGVALE LIBRARY

I talked to around 300 kids from Grades 2, 3 and 4. They were a terrific audience and here are some of them:

FIRST PIC OF THE NEW BOOK!
Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) out in May

Here are my editors from Penguin, holding the book.

Thanks to them, every comma is perfect! And the page design and cover are amazing.

This is my second verse novel for upper primary - like Farm Kid, I hope readers of all ages will like it.

CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE - POETRY4KIDS
It has all sorts of poetry things on it, including poems, writing ideas, and very soon it will also have poems to listen to - when I master loading up audio files and getting them to sound good!

TextConnection is out there and travelling.
Susanna Bryceson and I have a new business, focused on providing writing courses and training in editing and book production. In June 2006 and November 2006 we took our special manuals and training to Hong Kong - we'll return there in November 2007to further develop the business. See information on this venture here.