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Thursday Talk & Tea with Justine Clarke
So, we went to see Play School live in concert yesterday, and it was GREAT! Lived up to all expectations…except, Justine Clarke wasn’t there. Sad face. But I get it. Justine is really really busy....
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Thursday Talk & Tea with Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood
{Have you read Amy & Louis? This book is one of the rare picture books that tugs wildly at heart strings. It made me cry.} One of the best gigs at the CBCA conference earlier this year was the...
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Thursday Talk & Tea With Lynn Ward
Do you know The Big Beet by Lynn Ward and Adam Carruthers? I have written about it here before. It’s one of the books on our heaving shelf frequently requested by Elfie. The other day, we received...
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Talk & Tea With Tristan Bancks
It’s no secret I live in a pretty creative part of the world. The Creative Business Women’s High Tea proved exactly that. So it’s no surprise there are also so many cultural attractions – Splendour In...
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Talk & Tea With Alice Pung
I studied Creative Writing and Art History at Melbourne University back in 2002-04. One of the best subjects I took was writing extended fiction. During class, we were asked to read an extract of our...
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Talk & Tea With Salina Yoon
It’s no secret that reading books with my girls is a pretty major ritual in our little sunshine house. I am pleased to say they both love books, and I love the closeness of snuggling beside them on the...
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Creative People ~ Graeme Base
One of my clearest memories from early primary years was laying on my tummy on a friend’s carpet poring through Graeme Base’s The Eleventh Hour. I can still picture exactly where the animals and clues...
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Creative People ~ Samantha Turnbull {Anti-Princess Mama}
A few years ago, at an exercise class, I met a lady called Samantha Turnbull who had just scored a contract to write four children’s books with Allen & Unwin. It was a dream come true, she told...
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Creative People: Marc Martin
A few times now, I’ve picked up a beautiful book, turned it in my hands and opened it. Then I would sigh. Yes, of course, Marc Martin. Marc’s distinctive illustrations are whimsical. Max and A Forest...
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Thursday Talk & Tea with Edwina Wyatt
It’s been a little while since I talked and tea-ed with a children’s author. But then, my good friend Edwina Wyatt’s new book Always Together was released this month, and I couldn’t resist asking...
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