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Magic Casements: November 2011
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. In September, I spoke at the Ballarat. Writers' and Illustrators' Festival. My panel was called: Imagery in Fiction: Visualising, Imagining, Creating. While I spoke about landscape, Simon Swingler. Drew this illustration of me, which I love because it captures exactly what it feels like to have a place enter your consciousness and take over your thoughts. Recently, I've been dipping into Walden. Reading My Side of the Mountain. I read...
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Magic Casements: November 2012
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Thinking Big in Mumbai. Wandering Bookwallahs in Mumbai. The Mumbai Lit LIve Festival. Is drawing to a close. Last night the Bookwallah. Crew had dinner in a house overlooking Mumbai harbour before jumping on the last train to Bandra where the eloquent and gutsy author Annie Zaidl. Ben Law and amazing street art at 2.00 am. A couple of months ago I was interviewed by the Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing project.
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Magic Casements: March 2012
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Tomorrow I'm heading off to Singapore for the Words Go Round Festival. I'm excited at the prospect of meeting hundreds of Singaporean students during the week but I'm also a little sad to be leaving home. We've been back Melbourne for a month, most of which has been taken up with unpacking and getting the hang of living in a house once more. After a year on the road it's been a big adjustment. Saturday, March 03, 2012. Three week resi...
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Magic Casements: July 2012
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Right now - 10.00 am on 20th July, 2012 - a book is being launched in Sydney at Parramatta High School. I have a short story included in this book and it would be nice to see its first venture out into the world. But next week I'll be at its Melbourne launch. The book is Trust Me Too. Is the second anthology of short stories that Ford Street Publishing. The Melbourne launch of Trust Me Too. Is open to the public. It will be held a...
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Magic Casements: October 2012
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. The Lilliputians in the Asian Century. Last night I unwrapped my advance copies of The Lilliputians. In the wake of the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's recent speech on the Asian Century. It seemed especially appropriate to be opening the parcel of books while sitting in a hotel in Mumbai. Is the Indian edition, published by New Delhi publishers Young Zubaan, of my novel India Dark. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Portable libr...
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Magic Casements: Slash and burn
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Manuscripts have seasons. The spring time blossom of first drafts, the long hot summers of rewriting, the autumn of copyediting, the neat pruning/proofreading of winter before the book reaches the printer. The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie. Friday, May 03, 2013. Labels: The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I read as if my life depended on it. I also write books for children and teenagers. My m...Kirst...
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Magic Casements: First and Last of 2013
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. First and Last of 2013. The Clever Cats Book Club. Is my first release for 2013. I've always loved the Aussie Bites series of books for younger readers. It's taken me way too long to write one. Sometimes small books can present interesting challenges. The Clever Cats Book Club is illustrated by a wonderful young artist who just happens to be my second cousin, Florence Boyd. Thursday, May 23, 2013. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Magic Casements: February 2013
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Old Self, New Self, Other Self. Warning. This blog post contains nepotism and a dose of nostalgia. Every time I looked at the invitation I felt nostalgic for all my kid's childhoods. Monday, February 04, 2013. I love the cover of this summer's Voiceworks magazine. Possibly, I'm biased because my son, Elwyn Murray, is the designer. But there are layers of ideas in his cover design that intrigue me. Books that Elwyn had loved when he wa...
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Magic Casements: January 2013
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Books are windows into other lives, other worlds, other ways of being. Barney, Carrie and Sam in Black. One of the most startling aspects of creating a character is the prospect that maybe, if you've done your work properly, that character will outlive you. Which makes you wonder, do characters mourn their creators? The American author Jean Craighead George. Died last year at the age of 92. During her lifetime she wrote many award-winning children's books but one of her characters was a particularly ...
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