How exciting to be welcomed with a huge window display at The Children’s Bookshop Beecroft of ‘Ships in the Field’, a National Year of Reading event.
Anna Pignataro the brilliant illustrator of ‘Ships in the Field’ loved speaking to authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, kids and friends.
Anna shared her Italian-Egyptian background and how her parents were forced out of Egypt, while I shared my Hungarian refugee background – in ‘Ships in The Field’ – a story of finding home.
Fabulous authors like Wendy Blaxland, Wendy Fitzgerald, Belinda Murrell, Margaret Roc, Felicity Pulman, Isolde Martyn, tanka poet Beverley George …Maria Simpson creator of Bilby Theatre, librarians like the fantastic Claire Stuckey and friends came to celebrate ‘Ships in the Field’.
Loved it!!!!!
Australian SCBWI authors, illustrators and members gathered at the Hughenden to listen to visiting Scottish author.
It was wonderful to catch up with award winning author Meredith Costain who flew up from Melbourne and the Singing Librarian Claire Stuckey who drove down from the Central Coast and stayed the weekend at The Hughenden in Sydney.
We all love Linda Strachan’s best-selling and much loved HAMISH McHAGGIS series for young children.
Her latest edgy teenage novels: SPIDER published by Strident has won the Catalyst Teenage Book Award 2010 and her latest novel, DEAD BOY TALKING has just been released.
For those aspiring to become a children’s author, a new writing handbook- WRITING FOR CHILDREN.
Some other books by Linda Strachan
Hamish McHaggis series – GW Publishing
(Currently 9 books in the series including the Activity and Story Book)
Greyfriars Bobby – GW Publishing
What Colour is Love? –Bloomsbury – this is a brilliant picture book!!!!!
Thankyou to Sonia from Bloomsbury for partnering SCBWI and The Hughenden in brining this event to Sydney.
