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Concepts time! When putting concepts together for a new book, I usually try and scribble down as many ideas as I can. I want to explore the world as much as possible to see what the limitations are. For this book however, I knew pretty early on roughly what Molly and her mum were going to

  A few weeks ago I spent a week hiding in the Blue Mountians. It was the first time I was able to test my small traveller watercolour paints, and I was very keen to try them out. The images below are a couple of photos of what I painted sitting outside in the cottage garden.

To celebrate the release of The Wattle Tree this month, author John Bell and I have been doing a series of creative exercises. Each day, we spent half an hour responding to a theme. Today’s theme is “Departure”. Here is my response:     And here is John’s response:   DEPARTURE I can imagine living almost anywhere. Whenever we

To celebrate the release of The Wattle Tree in August, author John Bell and I will be doing a series of creative exercises over the next week or so. Each day, we spend half an hour responding to a theme. Today’s theme is “The Hideaway”. Here is my response.     And here is John’s response: THE HIDEAWAY HIDEAWAY

As The Wattle Tree is about to be released in bookstores, I thought it would be great fun to share with you all how the story and picture book came together. With previous books publishers have approached me with a story already in mind, and I usually get a manuscript that has already been nearly