Here are some old pics I discovered when I was cleaning up my phone. They played a part in some of the setting and action scenes in Friday Brown. They were taken on my father-in-law’s property at Mt Jagged, Fleurieu Peninsula, SA. This was how I imagined the scrub surrounding Murungal Creek, but perhaps a little less green. […]
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Friday Brown spreads her wings…
To those readers who’ve enquired about Friday Brown’s availability overseas—Simon & Schuster will be publishing Friday Brown in the US and Canada, and Hot Key Books will publish in the UK, both in 2013. Woo! Hardcover! It took a lot of people to make this happen. To everyone who has championed Friday Brown here in […]
Next week in Melbourne…
Aside from my Melbourne Writers’ Festival sessions, there’s a special event being held at the State Library next Tuesday evening. I’ll be in-conversation with Fiona Wood, author of the wonderful Six Impossible Things, talking about Friday Brown (which is released tomorrow), my inspiration, ideas and how to disembark a tree (that’s how to get down from […]
Friday on my mind…
Here’s the final cover art for Friday Brown. It’s gone to print (well, it went to print twelve and a half days ago, but who’s counting?). This book was extremely difficult to write and I still don’t know why. I knew the final scene from the get-go and supposedly the writing is easier […]
A sighting in the wild…
Friday Brown is almost ready to fly. It’s like seeing my youngest off to school. The house is too quiet. I don’t quite know what to do with my freedom. I’ve had this baby swaddled like a papoose for so long and now it’s out there. Think Mork (Robin Williams before he got craggy) launching […]