November 17, 2015

The Gillespies in Germany

Guten Tag to the Gillespies! A treat in the post today – my author copies of the beautiful German edition of Hello from the Gillespies, translated by Astrid Mania and…

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October 20, 2015

The Gillespies in Latvia

Hello to the Latvian Gillespies! I’m delighted to share this cover image of the Latvian edition of Hello from the Gillespies, just published there by Riga-based publisher Kontinents. The title…

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September 26, 2015

A character comes to life…

Last week I was back in Cobh, County Cork, one of the settings for Hello from the Gillespies. Today, I’m delighted to share photos of not just another setting, but…

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September 10, 2015

An Evening in Cobh

My warmest thanks to everyone who came along to Cobh Library in County Cork on Friday night for my Culture Night talk about Hello from the Gillespies. It was so…

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September 9, 2015

Hello from the Gillespies in Australia’s Top 100 Books

I’m delighted to see Hello from the Gillespies listed among Australia’s Top 100 Books, as voted by book lovers in theĀ Better ReadingĀ poll announced this week. Thank you all so much…

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September 2, 2015

Indigenous Literacy Day

Happy Indigenous Literacy Day to all of you in Australia. Putting books into the hands of families in remote communities, running story writing workshops, and publishing the stories of young…

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September 1, 2015

A surprise around the world…

My big thanks to Helen Treloar-Jacobson for sending me this photo and message – it’s so great to see it from the other side of the world. “Look what I…

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August 19, 2015

Hello to a new Hello from the Gillespies

A treat in the post: my first copies of the new Australian edition of Hello from the Gillespies have just arrived. I love this new cover – I can almost…

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August 12, 2015

Happy Middle Child’s Day

Warm greetings to any fellow middle children (I’m the middle of seven) who know how it feels to occupy that important/overlooked/ignored position in the family. I’d be celebrating but no…

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August 9, 2015

The Weight of Words

A much loved friend of mine died earlier this year. She had cancer, but, even so, her death came as a shock. Once, I might have phoned my friends and…

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