Oz Lit Teacher Blog
In my last blog post, I shared respected writing researcher Steve Graham’s uncomfortable revelation about The Writing Revolution: that despite being w...
With so much debate and noise in the world of writing instruction, it’s hard to know what actually works. So when I had the chance to hear from the wo...
Something you may not know about me is I’m the esteemed author of ‘The Great Big, Enormous, Gigantic Banana.’
You may have heard about this ...
I love getting the opportunity to speak with published authors about their writing processes. Every single insight they give us is a form of profe
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I was recently fortunate enough to interview Kaye Baillie, the author of one of the most heart-warming books ever, Boo Loves Books (where two of m
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I recently had the opportunity interview talented Australian author and illustrator, Sami Bayly.
Sami's first book, The Illustrated Encyclop...
Being a writer has been a lifelong dream of mine.
From a young age, I’d tell Mum and Dad I was going to be an author, an illustrator and a teach...
Claire Saxby is a Victorian writer who has written almost 40 children’s books. She writes beautiful fiction and non-fiction texts as well as poetr
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Earlier this year I launched the Writer’s Notebook Series. This series of posts is focused on learning how published authors use their writer’s no
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One question I get asked a lot is “how should we use writer’s notebooks with students?” I'm all about authenticity so I thought it would make sens
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