Archive for the 'Young Readers' Category

The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winners of this year’s Book of the Year awards. For the full list of both the winning books and the honour books click here. Permit me a few moments of dreaming: I hope one day my name will be listed in these awards. Okay – dream [...]

Some writers do not understand the power of regularly writing in a personal journal. Journal writing is an excellent way of honing many writing skills that are essential to the writing process. It doesn’t matter much whether you write fiction, non-fiction, articles or blogs, regular writing practice is essential. If possible, I’d encourage all writers, [...]

One of the most influential and respected authors in Australia is Ivan Southall. He was a prolific writer whose main works, mostly for children and teenagers, were published in the 1960s and 70s. He had a profound influence upon me as a teacher and writer. I think I’ve read most of his books; it’s about [...]

Yesterday I had the wonderful privilege of attending a book launch. Rosanne Hawke, one of my lecturers in my Master of Arts Creative Writing Course, is a writer of children’s books. This new book is her 15th book to be published, and her third picture book. The Wish Giver Written by Rosanne Hawke and her [...]

One of the units I am studying at present is called Writing for children. Our lecturer is award winning author Rosanne Hawke. In our early lectures and workshops we looked closely at how to write picture book texts. Writing this kind of book is a passion for me; I love reading them and sharing them [...]