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A day with Elaine from SilverDell Books at West End Primary Ormskirk and...
On Tuesday morning we caught a taxi from the hotel to West End Primary in Ormskirk. It's great to see so much of the countryside and the drive across a raised road with fields either side was very...
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A Special Visit to Donisthorpe Primary School, Swadlincote
On Wednesday Ian and I travelled from Preston to Tamworth where we were meeting Charlotte. We were fortunate that our trains were on time but poor Charlotte was at the mercy of signal problems and...
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Oswestry - Our Lady and St Oswald and Woodside Primary with Booka Books
On Thursday we visited two lovely schools in Oswestry. This is a village close to my heart as we stayed here for three weeks the summer of 2012. I first met Carrie who with her husband Tim owns the...
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Fulwell Junior School, Seaburn near Sunderland
I was so excited to be going to Fulwell Junior School. When we were here in February we met a gorgeous family, the Sayers, who have two beautiful girls, Lilly and Emma. Their mother Christine has...
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Seven Stories - the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Last Saturday morning before heading west again to Oswestry, Ian and I visited Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle Upon Tyne. We'd spent the morning wandering about in...
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Moreton Hall Oswestry, Return to Brogyntyn Hall, snow falls and a sunshiney...
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at Moreton Hall in Oswestry. We were there last year and have a lovely connection to the school through a boarder exchange program at Abbotsleigh. Earlier this year...
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The Cotswolds
We arrived in Cheltenham on Tuesday afternoon and checked into our lovely accommodation. We're staying in an apartment for five nights and sadly the thing I was most excited to find out about was the...
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Blenheim Palace enroute to St Albans
On Sunday we left our cosy basement flat in Cheltenham and drove across to St Albans in Hertfordshire. We chose this as our base as I have an event in Chelmsford on Tuesday (about an hour north east)...
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The Bishop's Primary School Chelmsford, Royal Masonic Cadogan House, St...
We spent the first part of this week in St Alban's which was a real treat. Unexpected in many ways and a place I very much hope to go back to. On Monday evening Ian and I had dinner with Nikki Gamble...
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The Importance of Reading for Pleasure
This morning I came across an article in The Telegraph (UK) about former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo's plea to reinstate daily story time in UK schools. I couldn't agree with him more and...
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Coming Home...
The past nearly eight weeks have been amazing in so many ways and a little bit surreal. Travelling to Singapore and the UK to talk about books is a dream come true. We met lots of fabulous people and...
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2013 - Where did the year go?
The end of 2013 marks the end of my first year as a full time writer. It has been an amazing time and as I reflect on all that has happened I feel so grateful to have made that leap of faith. I'm...
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Happy New Year - I'm kicking it off with...
Happy 2014! I hope you have a great year and stick to any resolutions. My husband's will be easy as it was not to make any resolutions. I'm going to spend some time today trying to set some...
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From Australia with Love Blog Hop
Australian writers rock. We know it, and we love them. But it’s not always easy to discover the Australian talent that is right under our noses.From Australia With Love Blog Hop introduces you to 18...
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Some very exciting news!
I've been bursting to be able to tell everyone my celebratory news but have been waiting for some official wording, and finally here it is!Random House Australia (and me!) are delighted to announce...
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Upcoming events February and March
I'm thrilled to be getting out and about in Sydney over the next few weekends to meet the readers. It's certainly one of my favourite things about being a writer. I love hearing the feedback and...
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From Australia with Love - Introducing Melissa Gijsbers
Australian writers rock. We know it, and we love them. But it’s not always easy to discover the Australian talent that is right under our noses.From Australia With Love Blog Hop introduces you to 18...
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My Writing Process Blog Tour
I was invited to join this blog tour by the fabulous Lou Kuenzler, a brilliant middle grade author I first had the pleasure of meeting in a Thai restaurant in Queen's Park London, before we appeared...
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Upcoming events in Brisbane and Melbourne - this week and next
I've been a bit reclusive on the blog the past month as I've been madly working on Alice-Miranda at Camp.I'm thrilled to say that as of about 3pm it's gone to the publisher! Tomorrow I begin a...
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Melbourne Tour Week!
This past week has been a bit of a blur - but in a very good way. On Tuesday morning Zoe and I met at the airport for our rather early first flight out to Melbourne. Having been a long weekend for...
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Somerset Festival of Literature Gold Coast
This time last week I was coming down from the high that is the Somerset Celebration of Literature. It's the first festival for children's books I ever went to as an invited guest in 2004 and I have to...
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Brisbane Tour - A brilliant couple of days!
I love being on tour. It's one of the most rewarding aspects of being a children's author - when you have the opportunity to meet the readers. I recently spent a couple of days in Brisbane visiting...
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Signing at BIG W Katoomba Easter Saturday 1.00-2.30pm
I'm really excited to be doing my first in store event with Big W on Easter Saturday. A brand new store has just opened yesterday in Katoomba and I am going to be there on Easter Saturday from...
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A productive week filled with excitement!
Life as an author is never dull that's for sure. I spent Monday this week with the English faculty at Pennant Hills High School, working through strategies for teaching writing on their Professional...
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New home for the blog on my brand new website!
This month we have launched the brand new Jacqueline Harvey website which is also now the home of my blog. I think it looks fantastic - it's been a while coming but well worth the wait! The website...
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