Book Chat: Clayton Zane Comber
Clayton Zane Comber is the author of two novels, Shooting Stars and 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze. As well as writing, he has had...
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Sep 20, 202113 min read
Book Chat: Maura Pierlot
Maura Pierlot is an award-winning playwright and author, whose works include short stories, poetry, microfiction and essays, published in...
Sep 3, 20211 min read
RSPCA Pawsome Stories 2021
It's a massive honour to be invited back as a judge in RSPCA Victoria's Pawsome Stories competition, alongside the amazing Andy Griffiths...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Book review: Belly Button Fluff, by Dave Atze
It’s always exciting when any kind of artist reveals an unseen talent. For me, it was particularly thrilling to learn that Dave Atze, the...
Aug 26, 20215 min read
Book Chat: Karen Hendriks
Karen Hendriks is a picture book author and teacher. Her first two books, Go Away, Foxy Foxy and Feathers have delighted readers and...
Jul 30, 20218 min read
Book Chat: Kesta Fleming
Kesta Fleming is the author of the Marlow Brown series, which currently features two extremely fun and informative stories about Marlow,...
Jul 14, 20218 min read
Book Chat: Jane Smith
Jane Smith is an author of historical fiction for children, as well as fiction and non-fiction for adults. Jane is also a librarian and...
Jun 21, 20214 min read
Book Chat: Elizabeth Mary Cummings
Elizabeth Mary Cummings brings an incredible depth of experience to her writing. A teacher, author and mental health advocate,...
May 21, 20214 min read
Book Chat: Dave Atze
Having collaborated with illustrator extraordinaire Dave Atze on the Max Booth Future Sleuth series since 2017, I've been wanting to pick...
Apr 25, 20216 min read
Book Chat: Gary Lonesborough
I’m really excited to welcome Gary Lonesborough to Book Chat. Gary is a Yuin author who grew up in Bega on the south coast of New South...
Apr 23, 20211 min read
Words and Nerds podcast
It's long past time that I gave a shout-out to one of my favourite podcasts, Words and Nerds, produced and hosted by incredibly...
Apr 2, 20212 min read
Book review: Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
Sayaka Murata’s tenth novel, Convenience Store Woman, is another not-so-new title that dug its claws into my head and demanded to be...
Mar 9, 20216 min read
Book Chat: Allison Paterson
I'm really excited to welcome my latest guest to Book Chat – Allison Paterson. Allison is a writer, publishing consultant, book reviewer...
Feb 17, 20216 min read
Book Chat: Teena Raffa-Mulligan
It's a great pleasure to welcome my latest guest to Book Chat – the incredibly talented and prolific Teena Raffa-Mulligan. Teena has...
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Book review: Nganga, by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson
Aunty Fay Muir (Boon Wurrung Elder and senior linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages) and Sue Lawson (prolific...
Jan 11, 20218 min read
Book Chat: Sandra Bennett
It's a great pleasure to introduce my latest Book Chat guest: author and former primary school teacher, Sandra Bennett. Sandra has a...
Nov 28, 20208 min read
Book Chat: Robert Vescio
I'm really honoured to welcome my second-ever guest to the page: extremely prolific and respected picture book author, Robert Vescio....
Nov 5, 20207 min read
Book Chat: Megan Higginson
It's a great thrill to welcome our first guest to the page: the multi-talented Megan Higginson. Megan is an author, illustrator, and very...
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Book review: Gorkle, by Penny Macoun
Penny Macoun’s debut picture storybook, Gorkle, imagines what it would be like if Cyber Space were a real place, where gremlins can...
Oct 23, 20201 min read
RPSCA Victoria Pawsome Stories Competition
Really excited to be on the judging panel for RSPCA Victoria's Pawsome Stories writing competition, alongside the wonderful Sally Rippin...
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