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 [...]

I should have promoted this sooner. Never mind – there’s still time for South Australian writers to attend the first Word Writers Fair in Adelaide tomorrow, 21st August 2010. (Just make sure you vote in the federal elections first!) This special event is free. All you have to do is rock up at Tabor Adelaide, [...]

Lest we forget. Today is ANZAC Day, a very special day on the calendar in both Australia and New Zealand. On this day we remember our war heroes, those who served – and continue to serve – our country on the battlefields of the world. I wrote a special tribute to the ANZACs a few [...]

Adelaide Writers’ Week 2010 Last week I attended three days of the week long Adelaide Writers Week. This biennial event is an integral part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts here in South Australia, one of the leading such festivals of its kind in the world. The list of guest speakers is often a who’s [...]

Last week I attended three days of the six day Adelaide Writers’ Week. This is an important and integral part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts held every two years. This festival attracts readers and writers from all over Australia, as well as a glittering gathering of international writers who come as guest speakers. Each [...]