What’s true? What’s not? Can you tell the difference? A new podcast from me and fellow author Michael Pryor, that mixes fact and fiction, then tries to sort them out. In each episode we present three remarkable stories to each other. Two stories are true, but one is totally made up. Subscribe to the podcast […]
The Hazel Edwards Interview The first completed draft of The Supernatural Survival Guide contained an interview with well-known Australian Children’s author Hazel Edwards. It appeared along with the Fact File about the Westall UFO Incident in Chapter 2: Look! Up in the Sky! In 1966, Hazel was a new teacher at Westall High School and […]
The Australia Survival Guide, my first foray into commercial non-fiction, was published by Puffin Australia on 1 October 2019. And I was nervous. Seriously nervous! After all, I’m known for writing fiction, mostly science fiction, fantasy and OTT action/adventure. Yes, I’ve written loads of educational non-fiction, but that’s a completely different market. So this book […]
Another Studio 3 interview… this time WITHOUT CREAM PIES! I little while back I appeared on ABC3’s Studio 3 programme, talking about my You Choose books while being slammed in the face with cream pies. It was a fun interview but there were so many pies I could hardly stop laughing. I think the producer […]
Last week an interview with me was screened on the ABC3 television programme Studio 3. The interview involved me getting slammed in the face with five cream pies while I answered questions about my You Choose books. Only four of the cream pies made it into the final version, with the fifth pie being edited […]
What would you expect from a national television interview about your latest series of books? A cream pie slammed into your face? No? How about FIVE cream pies? Earlier this week I went along to the ABC3 studios to be a guest on Studio 3, their national morning kids’ show. I was to be interviewed […]
Look! I’m in the Chelsea Mordialloc News! This interview was done to promote my talk at the Mentone Public Library this Saturday. You can see the entire edition of the newspaper here. More info about the talk here.
If you live in Melbourne and are writing for young people, you should be listening to SYN 90.7FM. Why? Because SYN FM is a radio station run by young people under the age of 25. SYN stands for Student Youth Network. The fact that all the presenters and producers of the various programs are under […]
My daughters and I are in the Woman’s Day magazine today! We are featured in an article called “Meet the real life House Husbands”. Written in response to the popularity of the House Husbands television series, this article singles out four Aussie dads and their kids. How did we end up in this? A few […]
Doing interviews is just part of the job when you’re an author. I’ve done lots of magazine and blog interviews… and occasionally, I get a radio or television interview. Radio and television can be a lot of fun, especially when you get along well with the interviewer. I did a couple earlier this year, so […]
YES! It’s finally happened. After months of waiting, my new novel, Gamers’ Challenge, has been released. It’s available throughout Australia in bookstores — although if your local bookstore doesn’t have it in stock, get them to order it in. If you plan on purchasing it online, please allow me to recommend Boomerang Books. Okay, yes… […]
Today has been an interesting day. Yesterday I was interviewed for an article in the Herald-Sun newspaper about being a stay-at-home dad. The article, and accompanying photo, were in the paper today. That article sparked a lot of interest. It was picked up by several newspapers across the country, including Adelaide Now, News.Com and the Courier […]
I recently did an interview with The Australian Literature Review website because I’ve got a story in their new anthology Basics of Life (available through Amazon). The interview also covers other things, including Gamers’ Quest and its sequel. It’s now online. And here’s an interview from last June. It’s from Get Cereal, Channel 31’s breakfast programme. […]
