Friends! Happy September! Happy Spring! AND, at our school this week, HAPPY BOOK FAIR! I think soooo many of us have such wonderful memories of the Scholastic book fair arriving at school and setting up like a magical moving book store full of books and pens and posters. It’s such a delight as an adult […]

Happy Book week everyone! I’ve had such a nice week celebrating children’s books, starting with the CBCA award announcements last Friday which I watched live on the CBCA YouTube page here – I may have had a little tear or two watching the amazing writers and illustrators find out their books had won! You can […]

I’ve been super bust this week with reading and working on reviews, as I’m determined to get through some of the (many) books that have been hanging out on my NetGalley shelf for way to long. I really only request books that I want to read, so they are all titles I’m interested in, but […]

I have a big, exciting weekend ahead, with the Canberra Writers Festival being held over the next few days. I’m planning to get to a couple of events and am sure I’ll have lots to say about it next week. It has been a funny week that has disappeared but dragged at the same time! […]

We’ve had a really quiet week here – it has been wet and wintry and I’ve kind of just wanted to hibernate! One of my favourite thinks this week was catching up with my lovely friend Holly from The Hole Solution for a mending morning at a local cafe. It was the most miserable, cold, […]

Happy Friday everyone! It’s a beautiful winter morning in Canberra – I love these cold mornings that turn into still, sunny, blue sky days. Jack (the cat) and I are sitting out on our patio, soaking in the sunshine and enjoying all the little signs that spring isn’t far off.I have a bit of a […]