International Literacy Day
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
I am very honoured to support this project of my dear friend and fellow creative Mel Irvine who has invited me to via skype to…
Dimity Powell – How to Launch a Children’s Book About Loss
Originally posted on Gumboootspearlz:
Today’s special guest is Dimity Powell who will share her journey to create the picture book The Fix-it-Man. I first met Dimity through an online…
A Long Way From Misery
Originally posted on Gumboootspearlz:
Jacqui Halpin is an Australian children’s author whose stories have won prizes in writing competitions and been published in anthologies. She attributes her love of storytelling…
Social Media: the Joys and Challenges for Authors
Originally posted on Gumboootspearlz:
Here I have begun with my own story. You will notice there are no statistics in it. I have purely focused on more qualitative feelings about…
Dare to Dream – A Sustainable Life as a Creative
Originally posted on Marketing your book:
Our guest blogger is Dr June Perkins, who has recently published a beautiful children’s poetry book called “Magic Fish Dreaming”. To produce this book,…
Ten Things About Poetry and Me: Virginia Lowe
In 2016 Virginia was awarded the Leila St John Award for services to children’s literature in Victoria. Here she is with the medal. 1. What is your earliest memory of … Continue reading
Ten Things About Poetry and Me: JR Poulter
1.What is your earliest memory of poetry? I’m told, I knew all my nursery rhymes by heart before I went to Kindergarten. So someone, possibly my mother or maternal grandmother, … Continue reading
Ten Things About Poetry and Me: Andrea Gallagher
1. What is your earliest memory of poetry? My earliest memory of poetry was having a teacher introduce my class to Spike Milligan’s work in children’s … Continue reading