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Cover reveal meet ... Meet Sidney Nolan
I am proud to reveal the cover for my picture book Meet Sidney Nolan with Random House Australia illustrated by Sandra Eterovic. The illustrations are absolutely amazing, making this picture book a...
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The Big Draw event for Children's Book Week 2015 - and a Write Links story...
At our last Write Links meeting, we had our first collaborative writing session with a specific purpose; to create two children's stories for The Big Draw to be illustrated by the children of...
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A new treasure among Brisbane bookshops, The Mad Hatters Bookshop.
The Mad Hatters Bookshop, Manly, Brisbane. I finally got the chance to visit The Mad Hatters Bookshop, which opened in May, on the shores of Manly in Brisbane. A bookshop opening at a time where more...
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Introducing ... Oliver's Grumbles
Here it is, the cover for my new picture book Oliver's Grumbles! Giuseppe Poli has done an amazing job on the illustrations and it has been a pleasure to work with the lovely team at Dragon Tales...
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Just a quick update to let you know that I am blogging, taking photos, tweeting for Story Arts and active on Facebook as Story Arts as part of Jenny Stubb's Story Arts Festival Ipswich team. Tyrion...
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The Busy (and marvelous, not glamorous) Life of a Children's Writer
Janeen Brian author of many children's books and my boys with their signed books! Over the last two weeks I have: written 20 blog post for the Story Arts Festival blogwritten four blog posts for the...
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Launches, interviews and celebrations for Meet Sidney Nolan
Yvonne Mes reading Meet Sidney Nolan. Photo by Ozan Tortop They were proud moments, my first picture book Meet Sidney Nolan, illustrated by Sandra Eterovic and part of the wonderful series by Random...
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Staying Close to Mama
My mother passed away from the complications of breast cancer in August last year. I am so thankful that I had the chance to stay with her and my father for a few weeks in Amsterdam last year, to...
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One, Two, Three ...Launch. My Patreon Page is Live!
Patreon is a simple way for you to contribute to my goal of becoming a self-supporting author and illustrator and for you to receive great rewards in return! Find out more at www.Patreon.com/Yvonne...
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A Literary Week
Jenny Stubbs and Libby Gleeson Last week I attended two amazing events, the first, the Narelle Oliver Lecture of Children's Literature, by Libby Gleeson.And the second a symposium on children's...
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