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Media Bunny and Word Play
This little bunny was out on the media trail earlier this week, hopping over to Eagle Junction Primary to meet some fellow book lovers. The kids were adorable and full of smiles, and we had lots of...
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How to Make a Book Trailer
My second book is due out in a few short months, so this topic has consumed most of my creative time lately. Book trailers are much like movie trailers … only about books (duh). They’re short video...
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Literary Festival Season
We have just entered literary festival season. Writers, usually quiet pyjama encrusted and tea toting creatures, suddenly start popping up all over the place. Books begin to grow on trees. Festivals...
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Brave Squish Rabbit
I love mail. Bills – not so much – but letters and postcards and invites and … packages. Oh yes, especially packages. Most especially those that come in the shape of books. Or those with little white...
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Inside an Illustrator’s Head
So I’ve been working on a new picture book. And for the first time in a while, this one is not about a little rabbit named Squish. The other day my mum asked me what Squish thought about being ejected...
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Brave Squish Rabbit Launch (Brisbane)
Behind the scenes I’ve been busily scurrying away organising the Brisbane Brave Squish Rabbit launch event. It’s all coming together beautifully, thanks to the wonderful Black Cat Books in Paddington....
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Brave Squish Rabbit – Book Trailer
Only a few days now until the Brave Squish Rabbit launch. Three to be precise. Our household is bursting with rabbity books and madness. Busy busy. Lots to do. Like: Baking carrot cup cakes Making...
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The New York Times (.com)
There are many things I could be blogging about right now. In fact I seem to have spent the last month collecting things to blog about but lacking the time to do it. I’m experiencing a bit of bloggers...
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Launching Brave Squish Rabbit (Part 1)
It seems like only yesterday I was playing around in my art room, finishing the first ever full colour image of my wee rabbit. But that was back in 2009. Now it’s nearing the end of 2012 and little...
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Launching Brave Squish Rabbit (Part 2)
As promised, here’s the second launch in all its rabbity glory: Melbourne Launch Held at The Little Bookroom in Carlton North, on not just any day but the store’s 52nd birthday! It was incredibly...
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Travel and Other Stuff
Apart from blogging recently about my book launches, I’ve been mostly absent from this blog since about August. And believe me, I’ve been experiencing some blogger’s guilt. So please see this post as a...
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Squish Does Japan (part 1)
Very few know this, but Brave Squish Rabbit actually had a third launch. A secret launch. A tricksy wily sneaky launch … in Japan. Yes, my little rabbit snuck into the suitcase of notorious children’s...
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Squish Does Japan (part 2)
Last post I revealed that Squish had snuck into a travelling suitcase and headed off to the land of sushi and Hello Kitty. Find the rest of his photos and scribblings below…...
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Writing Resolutions (and some thoughts on white noise)
It’s the beginning of another year and I’ve been thinking a lot about my writing. 2012 was my first year as a full time writer with a book out (and then two). It was an amazing year but it certainly...
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Squish Rabbit Bookplates (and kids say the darndest things)
Meeting readers is such a cool thing, and along the way I get to hear funny stories about how kids relate to my books. One little girl told me (referring to Squish Rabbit) that sometimes she feels...
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I’m No Poet (but here are some haiku anyway)
It’s so important as a writer to stretch your writing muscles. To step outside your comfort zone and try something new. Maybe even a little frightening. That’s what I did this Sunday, all in the...
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Planes, Trains, Cars and Bounty Hunting (or: an overseas trip)
Yep, that about sums up the next seven weeks of my life. Three planes, two trains and over three thousand kms of road will take us through seven countries on a massive European adventure. At least I’m...
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I’m Back!
Yes, indeedy I am. I arrived home a few weeks ago and after a short detour (hopping off to Alice Springs for their writers festival) I have caught up on sleep, unpacked and am back into the swing of...
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A Stampede of Books (or Bologna Children’s Book Fair)
I’ve been wanting to attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair for several years now. It’s the biggest annual event in children’s books, making it an incredibly exciting place for a writer /...
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European Rabbits
I promised you some European rabbits, and here they are. I didn’t have to look very hard while overseas. Everywhere I turned there were rabbits. Big ones, titchy ones, blue ones, fashionista ones,...
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