Ford Street Publishing and Australia Day...

Ford Street publishing is a dynamic high quality children’s book publisher. The publisher Paul Collins is also an award winning fantasy author. www.fordstreetpublishing.com I’ve never written a picture book before, as I usually write, children’s and young adult novels, as well as adult stories for anthologies. It was a new genre and I needed a publisher who was prepared to risk. Ford St did. ‘Ships in the Field’ is autobiographical as my parents escaped Hungary to be accepted as refugees in Australia.  They didn’t speak English, lost...

NSW Writers Centre Christmas Party...

Barbecue, the gardens of Callan Park, writers, board members and staff gather for the NSW Writers Centre Christmas party. It’s been a fabulous year with workshops run by our most respected writers ranging from award winning TV and theatre writer Geoffrey Atherden to brilliant picture book writer and illustrator Tohby Riddle to multi award winning young adult novellist James Roy. There’s so much on at the NSW Writers’ Centre from writers’ groups, first  Friday of the month in conversation with a writer; manuscript assessments; online ezines and...

The National Year of Reading 2012 –...

Come on in and join the National Year of Reading in a celebration of books. http://www.love2read.org.au The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration; respecting the oral tradition of storytelling; rediscovering the magic of books and about Australians becoming a nation of readers.   I am proud be be a NSW Ambassador for The National Year of Reading with Richard Glover writer and ABC personality. The National Year of Reading 2012 is a collaborative project joining public libraries,...