Big Day Out

The Children’s Book Festival, put on by the Wheeler Centre, was held today on the lawns of the beautiful State Library. My daughter Maddy and I dragged the boys along, ignoring my partner’s attempted get-out clause – “I’m still a…

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You Say Tomato

You grow up with a certain perspective on language, depending on the rules your parents come up with. In my house it wasn’t a mortal sin to make up poo jokes (fortunately for my brothers) or be lewd and silly…

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Girl Out Loud; Scholastic June 2012

  *Silent Scream!* Kass Kennedy is nobody’s idol. She does forget the lyrics. She’s not a gleek. The X Factor? Not her! Read her lips: She has the right to remain silent. Just try telling that to her dad. Because…

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