All Saints’ Literature Festival 2007

Just when you thought that was it… there’s more! The annual All Saints’ College Festival of Young Adult and Children’s Literature is on again! And you guessed it, lil ole me is a presenter!

You can see me at various times from Wednesday 21 March through to Friday 23 March. I will be flogging that old chestnut Destroying Avalon again! But I do hope to include things about writing in general- especially writing Young Adult Fiction. (I’ll be dusting off the notes I used at PIAF!!)

It should be fun. I love a good festival, I do.

Children’s Book Council Night of Stars

More on the publicity trail…

For those who can’t make it to Westbooks for the WAYRBA AGM on Wednesday 28th February 2007 I will be appearing at the CBC Night of Stars on Thursday 1st March 2007 (yes- that’s the next night!!) Talk about over-exposure!!

It is also held at Westbooks 396 Mill Point Rd Vic Park (I live North of the city!!!) but by all accounts it’s a great night with authors like Julia Lawrisnson, Katy Watson-Kell, Dianne Wolfer and others talking for a few minutes about their latest publication and then signing books and general mingling. (I did read drinks and nibbles too!)

Come along!!

Destroying Avalon- literary appearances

Destroying Avalon has been shortlisted in the West Australian Young Reader’s Book Awards 2007!

It’s reassuring to know that the target audience (or at least the one kid who nominated it) likes it!

For those of you who missed my stellar (or so my Mum said) performance at the Perth Interntaional Arts Festival I will be appearing for one night only at the West Australian Young Reader’s Book Awards Annual General Meeting (try saying that ten times, really fast!) I am to give a talk on my career to date, the novel Destroying Avalon, the world of writing and publishing and anything else that fills the twenty minute time slot!

This magnificent event is at Westbooks 396 Mill Point Rd Vic Park on Feb 28th 2007 at 4.15pm. There will be nominated books on display and people keen to help with promotional ideas for the Awards in your school (that is dear reader if you belong to a school).

The Virgin Blogger

This is my first foray into the world of blogging. Ironic really, as my first novel Destroying Avalon is about cyber bullying, using- you guessed it-blogs!!! But more on that later. Honestly though I think I’ve been suffering from blog-envy. As all good writers know, a large portion of the writing day is spent goggling yourself or reading and commenting on other people’s blogs. I have been envious!! Some writers out there manage to publish several books a year, comment on other blogs and maintain their own (not to mention having a life outside of writing. I think?I’m sure there are some out there!!)
So I don’t know how faithful I’ll be to this blog. I hope to use it to discuss what’s on in the world of writing (particularly locally- that is Perth Western Australia). And of course as a tool of self-promotion. But more on that later.
For now I’m practising navigating this system and hopefully I’ll have more interesting things to say later!