For me, making masks has enabled me to step outside my comfort zone...and I’m so glad I did.

It’s amazing what can get done in small snippets of time and writing ideas often arise from the most unexpected places.

This week is a fun week as it’s all about the music.

Creative Chronicles…an unorthodox name for a vlog. I love imagining stories in my music and like all things creative, sometimes we need...

Other than the very spooky cover, the first thing I noticed about The Graveyard Book was the index. There are only eight chapters!

One sentence stuck with me. ‘Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.’ Well, that's happened to me.

I re-read this book in the school holidays. Instead of practicing for a concert, I think you’ll agree, it’s eminently more sensible.

A middle-grade mystery always appeals to me, and this one’s set in Paris! Not only that, the protagonists are a group of canny time-thieves.

Okay, I’ve just unearthed Ferdinand’s all-time favourite musical book. I’m calling it now, as I don’t believe it will ever be beaten…

Naturally, I love fantastical animals, and this book was full of them. A mastiff in a suit, a Labrador in Khakis, Coyotes in army regalia...

When I first discovered this book, I was bursting with fruit flavour. Every type; banana, watermelon, strawberry, kiwi… strawberry and kiwi.

For fans of musicals, this is a book for you. No doubt the tunes will be so familiar, that as you read, you’ll be able to sing the songs.

If you wish to be moved, inspired, and amazed by the incredible stories middle-grade authors are telling, this is certainly the book for you

Imagining a place our music exists outside ourselves is fascinating to me. Where does sound go when we play it? Where does it come from?

Now, this book is soooo great. It is also for anyone—like most middle-grade reads—and I certainly learnt a thing or two.