Hazelwood power station is still there. Still churning out 650,000 black balloons full of greenhouse gases per minute. The other day I made a small donation to Environment Victoria to help them with their Replace Hazelwood Campaign. Straight afterwards, I went out and there was a brand new billboard above the Dim Sim factory just … Continued
I have one more public event before I finish a busy couple of months promoting Sugar Sugar. If anyone in Melbourne wants to come along and hear me talk, get me to sign a book or have a chat. This is where I will be: 11.30 am Saturday 29th May Ringwood Angus & Robinson Shop … Continued
I will now talking and signing books at two Sydney bookshops next week. So if you want to come along and hear about my latest book Sugar Sugar, see some photos of what I looked like in the 70s and say hello, this is where I’ll be. Both events are free but please ring or … Continued
My latest book, Sugar Sugar, is available as an ebook at ebooks.com This is my first ebook and it’s a bargain at US$9.99. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, you can buy my new book! I’ll be very interested to see if anyone buys it.
Sugar Sugar isn’t the only book I have written that is out this month. Also just published is the paperback edition of The Dragon Companion which is an A-Z encyclopedia of dragons with lots of information about dragons and stories as well. Check out the great microsite on the black dog books website which shows … Continued
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Over the next month or so, I’ll be touring around a bit to celebrate the release of my new book, Sugar Sugar. I’ll be talking (about the book), answering questions (about anything) and signing (books, bookmarks, bus tickets). Bookings are necessary at some of these events. I hope to see some of my readers there. … Continued
It’s April and that’s when my new book hits the shops. Which is exciting and scary. (Scary for me, not anyone who reads it!) The book is called Sugar Sugar and it’s something very different for me. It’s my first book for a young adult audience. It’s also not set in ancient times. It is, … Continued
For those of you who live in Sydney, or might be visiting in the near future, I recommend a visit to the Mythic Creatures Exhibition at the Australian Maritime Museum. I can recommend it because I saw the exhibition when it was in New York. It has displays about dragons, unicorns, mermaids and other mythic … Continued
I know I said I’d written the last blog on my writing process, but today I went into black dog books to have a look at the dyelines of my book Sugar Sugar. This is really the last stage before printing. The printer sends a copy of the book on sheets of paper as it … Continued