September 3, 2021
September 3, 2021
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I have such exciting news to share with you! For the last couple of years, I have been working on a most unusual project with Wendy Sharpe, the Archibald-winning artist. Wendy has been creating art inspired by my words,[...]
August 21, 2021
August 21, 2021
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For the past three years, I have been working on a novel called The Crimson Thread, a reimagining of the Minotaur in the Labyrinth myth set in Crete during the Second World War [...]
July 28, 2021
July 28, 2021
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Pan MacMillan Speech The last time I was here was to talk to you about ‘The Gypsy Crown’ and the Chain of Charms series, which […]
July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021
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My Fairy Tale Fascination I was enchanted with the Grimm Brothers’ fairy-tales from the moment I read them as a little girl, sick and lonely in […]
July 24, 2021
July 24, 2021
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INTERVIEW WITH JANE YOLEN Jane Yolen is one of my favourite children’s authors. She moves easily between wonderful picture books like Owl Moon and How […]
July 22, 2021
July 22, 2021
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I have written books set in Kent during the time of Charles II and Oliver Cromwell (The Gypsy Crown); set in Scotland during the tumultuous reign of Mary, Queen of Scots (The Puzzle Ring); in Renaissance Venice and Versailles in the time of the Sun King (Bitter Greens); in Germany during the Napoleonic wars
June 1, 2021
June 1, 2021
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When my sister Belinda and I wrote Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia’s First Children’s Author, we originally planned a chapter in which we […]
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
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I used to love reading time travel adventures when I was a child. They were one of my favourite genres of fiction, and I’ve always wanted to write one. When I first began daydreaming about the story that would become ‘The Puzzle Ring’,
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
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We all know that we inherit the colour of our eyes from our parents. If you sneeze when you look at the sun, that too was passed down through your genes. So was your ability to curl your tongue, and when you are likely to notice that first grey hair.