NZ Post judging week has arrived.  I’ve enjoyed reading my way through most of the junior finalists over the last month and I’ve made my personal picks - I wonder if I’m on track??
The Wonkey Donkey - my choice for Junior Picture Book & my prediction for Children’s Choice - it’s the most talked […]

Wow we are back into Week 2 at School already.  I covered up my computer keyboard over summer and read some fabulous books.  My teenage son who reads big-time kindly flicks me any books which he finds outstanding - his recommends always catch my interest.  There is so much brilliant teenage fiction around that I’m […]

On 11 November I was very privileged to attend the conferral of an Honorary Doctorate on Dame Lynley Dodd by the University of Waikato.  It was held at Mills Reef Winery, Tauranga and was a very elegant evening.  It opened with an academic procession (which included Dr Tessa Duder) followed by Rt. Hon. Jim Bolger […]

Every week I choose a picturebook as “Pick of the Week” for the front desk in my Primary School Library.   When classes make their weekly visit many of the students race to the desk to see what I’ve chosen (the power of books!!), and often teachers will use it as a read aloud during their […]