It's all too much. I have to get my head out of the clouds and my feet on the ground! Still coming down from our beautiful May Gibb...

Dear Tania ,  I'm so e xcited to be going to the KidLit Conference in Melbourne this May , but I'm also nervous. I'm havin...

The Goulburn Reader Writer Festival is on this weekend--12 and 13 November--an inaugural event that's absolutely jam-packed with...

AFCC, Singapore, June 2015 Here are my tips for a really strong, productive and successful time as a festival or conference delegate . ...

It's been a while since I was last in Singapore and the city continues to stun with its beauty and warmth and food and heat. Travel...

Um, wow. That is all. But seriously--wow. My first SCBWI conference was truly overwhelming, exciting, fulfilling and beyond inspiring. W...

Don't miss out on this amazing CBCA Conference--Discovering National Treasures . The line-up is truly stellar and I'm so very exc...

Top: Sarah Steed, David Murphy, Phil Kavanagh, Harry Laing, Grace Bryant, Tracey Hawkins, Deb Abela. Bottom: Leanne Barrett, moi, Gina New...

On 16/17 July, I had the funnest weekend at the Writers Unleashed Festival in Sydney (Sutherland Shire). It was a weekend of literary sp...

The kids and I had a lovely afternoon last week, visiting Civic Library and listening to the superlative Jackie French talk about her g...

Imagine . . . if you were invited to see a living legend open his very own picture book exhibition at Civic Library, and that legend was ...