Today is the first day of my Blood Brothers blog tour. For those of you not familiar with blog tours (I wasn’t), this is where someone (me) does a guest blog on a different blog for a week or so. I’m looking forward to it. There are give-aways too. You can win copies of the … Continued
Next Saturday, I will be reading from Blood Brothers and signing at Three Four Knock on the Door, a bookshop in Port Melbourne. This will be the first time I have read from my new book. I hope to see some of my Melbourne readers there. Please RSVP by ringing 9645 2085 or emailing lj@threefour.com.au … Continued
The fourth book in the Dragonkeeper series, Blood Brothers, is on sale now in Australia in all good bookshops. Don’t believe me? Here it is on the shelf at Readings, Carlton. It is in hardback and the recommended retail price is $24.95. Having a W name, it usually means my books are on the bottom … Continued
Here are the new covers for the Dragonkeeper trilogy that match the Blood Brothers cover. Aren’t they gorgeous? Thanks again to Sonia Kretschmar for such beautiful illustrations. ADVANCE COPIES AVAILABLE AT SUPANOVA These new editions won’t be in the shops until May, but this weekend I will be signing at the Dymocks stand at the … Continued
I’m feeling pretty good. The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards shortlist was announced at lunchtime today. My non-fiction book Fromelles: Australia’s Bloodiest Day at War is on the list for the Eve Pownall Information Book Award. Fantastic news as you can imagine. You can see the shortlisted titles in all categories here. Congratulations also … Continued
I’m looking forward to going to go in to the Children’s Book Festival family day at the State Library tomorrow. It’s a free event. I’ll be checking out Gabrielle Wang’s dragon drawing workshop and looking at the Persian art exhibition. In the afternoon I’ll be hanging out with my fellow black dog authors on the … Continued
I just received my advance copy of Blood Brothers which is the 4th book in the Dragonkeeper series. It’s always an exciting event finally having a book to hold in your hands after a year or more working on it. Also you see the cover as others are going to see it for the first time. Up … Continued
I am at the Perth Writers Festival. I’ve already talked to lots of kids in the schools sessions, and they asked heaps of questions, which was great. If anyone in Perth would like to come and hear me talk about dragons, there is a free Family Day session on Sunday. Time: 2.30 Date: Sunday 26 Feb … Continued
I will be conducting a Dragon Walk in Melbourne on 20th Nov at 2pm, meeting at the State Library of Victoria. This is a Centre for Youth Literature event. There are still a few places left. You must book through the Centre for Youth Literature. We’ll start in the forecourt of the State Library of … Continued
Like a lot of authors, I spend most of my working day in a room at home by myself, which is fine by me. August is a time when I venture out into the world and meet some of my readers, lots of them actually. I’m going to Adelaide to visit some schools for Book … Continued