Today’s writing guest is Megan Higginson who loves to write and illustrate stories of monsters, aliens, and mind-blowing places and asking questions like, ‘What if?’ She hopes her stories and illustrations will help readers to look at their life and the world around them with new eyes. I have come to know Megan through theContinue reading “Blog Visitor – Megan Higginson on Writing and Illustrating”
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Launch of At the End of Holyrood Lane
Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
Brisbane Square Library, Sunday 24th September. It was a very special launch of a delicate book about a difficult subject. At the End of Holyrood Lane is a book intended to open the conversations about domestic violence and the fear it causes for children and the hope that…
Dimity Powell – How to Launch a Children’s Book About Loss
Today’s special guest is Dimity Powell who will share her journey to create the picture book The Fix-it-Man. I first met Dimity through an online writing group, where all the participants wrote every Monday morning, and we left messages in a facebook space on our writing progress and challenges. I then interviewed her byContinue reading “Dimity Powell – How to Launch a Children’s Book About Loss”
Mystery of Visual Literacy – Leigh Hobbs Laureate at Large
Leigh Hobbs, this year’s Australian Children’s Laureate, is about to give a lecture, The Mystery of Visual Literacy, to the three quarters full auditorium in the state library, Queensland. The talk has been sponsored by Book Links and the Queensland Writer’s Centre. Scanning the audience I see many of my Writelinks buddies, visitors from theContinue reading “Mystery of Visual Literacy – Leigh Hobbs Laureate at Large”
PiBoIdMo Day 20: Carolyn Fisher Switches Hats (plus a prize!)
Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Carolyn Fisher As you can see from the above, making a book is simple. I NEVER get stuck, beat-up or depressed! But if I DID happen to get off track, I would switch hats. Draw for a while instead of writing. Write for a while…
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