Monthly Archives: May 2011

Don’t change anything…

Recently at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, a few australian authors were talking about being asked to change details in stories, before their books were published in the US. Some wouldn’t allow changes. We expect children to be able to cope … Continue reading

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Talking in my sleep

Recently I’ve been talking in my sleep. Conversing at times with a rather bemused M. Some things I’ve said: There are no dragons in the restaurant. M1: You should choose the others… M2: Why? M1: There’s five of them. My … Continue reading

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Who is it?

After a short post last week, Julia Cooke (last seen with socks in her pocket) is back with another little post about her new book My Little World. To read other posts from her blog tour, see here. In My … Continue reading

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The book that keeps giving

Julia Cooke is the author of a new children’s picture book, My Little World, illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall. This post is part of her blog tour which you can follow here. I wrote My Little World as an assignment, and … Continue reading

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