On June 21st I'll be taking part in a panel discussion at the NSW Writers' Centre 2008 Festival of Literature for Kids and Young Adults

...and I'm really delighted to have representation in my home country of New Zealand. RLA represtent some of the top NZ names in literature, both for children and adults, including Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, and Joy Cowley.

I'm working on a great new project for New Frontier. Click here for details...

I was lucky enough to be one of the speakers at the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators biennial conference for the South Pacific region, speaking about the process of illustrating Mending Lucille. You can visit my blog for a potted version of my slideshow...