The talented Sonia Kretshmar has won the Illustrators Australia Gold Award for a books series, for her fabulous covers for the Dragonkeeper series. Congratulations, Sonia. I love the covers, so I am delighted that they have been acknowledged in this way. You can see more of Sonia’s lovely artwork on her website. In other news, Blood … Continued
I will be visiting Sydney in February. Firstly, I will be speaking at the Alexander the Great Exhibition at the Australian Museum. Then there will be a Meet the Author event at the lovely Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft. I haven’t had an event in Sydney for a while, so I am really looking forward to … Continued
I get quite a lot of emails/letters from young people who are writing their own stories. One of the most common things they say is “I’m writing a book. I’ve nearly got to the end of the story and it’s only 20 pages long. How do you make your books long?” Well the answer is, … Continued
My non-fiction book Alexander the Great: reckless conqueror has been rereleased with a terrific new cover to coincide with the Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures exhibition which opened recently in Sydney. The exhibition is at the Australian Museum and will run for several months. I have been invited to speak about Alexander in … Continued
There’s a new dragon in Melbourne! And it’s a gorgeous 15-metre long, translucent water dragon, made entirely out of recycled plastic bottles. It is an art installation outside the Chinese Museum in Cohen Place. The artist is Claire Tracey and she designed the dragon in collaboration with school students. … Continued
Here is some more readers art. Great pictures of dragons. The first one is by Jecinta from Collie, WA. This one is from Willawarrin NSW.
I have received this picture of Danzi from Tali, aged 9, who is from Israel. I love the falling leaves and the way he is looking over his shoulder.
I recently received a copy of the Israeli edition of Dragonkeeper, which has been translated into Hebrew. It is always exciting to see how cover illustrators in different countries interpret my story. I like the darker colours of this cover and I am always pleased to … Continued
I have returned from my tour of schools and libraries in the Cairns region, where I gave workshops for aspiring writers. As well as visits to a school and a library in Cairns, I also visited the regional towns of Mareeba, Atherton, Tully, Innisfail and Mossman. Travelled 650 kms and spoke to hundreds of school … Continued
There is a new downloads page here on my website. It has desktop wallpaper, sample chapters, even a Blood Brothers crossword! There is also a Lost Letter from Ping. This should be read in conjunction with the latest Dragonkeeper book, Blood Brothers. Everyone who has been emailing me asking what happened to Ping after the end … Continued