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Meet our June Star Author Susan Brocker
Our fantastic June Star Author is New Zealand author, Susan Brocker. Susan has written a wide range of books for children and teenagers. Some of them are non-fiction about topics like wildlife...
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Our own “Wild West” story
Hi everyone! It’s wonderful to be invited along to chat to you all and I’m looking forward to sharing a bit of my writing journey with you. As you can see from the books I’ve written, it’s obvious...
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The Drover’s Quest by Susan Brocker
Our June Star Author, Susan Brocker has just released a fantastic new book called The Drover’s Quest. It’s filled with Susan’s favourite things, including history and animals, and it’s set in New...
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Boom towns and wild mountain roads
Hi again after some wet and blustery days up here in the North. I thought some of you might be interested in a few of the fascinating facts I learnt about our history while researching The Drover’s...
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Ideas for stories are all around us
Often when people discover I write stories they want to know where my ideas come from. I tell them that it’s from the things I love and the things I’m interested in. When I wrote The Drover’s Quest,...
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Some writing tips
For those of you who love writing, I thought I would share some tips that have helped me on my own writing journey: * Write about what interests you and then your passion will shine through in your...
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Our War Horse, Bess
Have any of you seen the recent film The War Horse, based on Michael Morpurgo’s brilliant novel? I still haven’t worked up the courage to go and see it because I know it will upset me too much. The...
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Al Capone and the seven basic plots
I live on a small farm with my horses and many others pets. I recently bought another horse whose name is Al Capone. He’s a beautiful jet-black boy with a small white star and looks to me more like...
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The Witch, the Wardrobe and the What?
I read about a study carried out recently which found that fewer children these days know about famous characters from classic children’s books. When questioned, some kids thought Aslan was a giraffe...
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Some fun writing rules
Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. I was lucky enough to see the comedian Lenny Henry on Sunday night, which was a lot of fun. I’m still in a light mood, so thought I’d share some fun...
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