It was a magical day of discovering and hunting for poems at Riverbend bookshop. Vicky from Riverbend books gave a warm introduction, and shared that our book was crowd funded, beautifully done, and well supported by the local community. I let our audience know where the book was set, but think maybe next time IContinue reading “Riverbend Books Event – 18th January 2017”
STEM – Making Room For Girls
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? 11 October is Ada Lovelace Day, a commemoration the plucky Nineteenth Century woman who pioneered computer programming. Ada was the daughter of brooding poet Lord Byron. Ada’s mother, who feared her daughter would inherit some of her father’s flamboyant poetic tendencies, put Ada on a strict diet of…
Magic Fish Dreaming heads to Sacramento, United States
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June – day before reading at Riverbend and receiving the following message I presented “Magic Fish Dreaming” to the Courtyard Private School in Sacramento. They were thrilled and there was much discussion about the package. So many oohs and aahs could be heard in the administration offices. The posters…
From America
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“Thank you for sending your beautiful new children’s book “Magic Fish Dreaming” all the way from Australia, signed by you and the illustrator. She said “oooooh,” which means five star review from her. This book was lovely. The poems and the illustrations were beautiful. She was ooohing at the…
Reviews
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Our latest review went up at Reading Time the Children’s Book Council Association Blog (CBCA) on January 11th. “Helene Magisson’s gentle, whimsical water colour illustrations cleverly capture the essence and magic at the heart of this collection of poetry by June Perkins. Drawing from the natural world of northern Queensland,…
June Paisa Perkins 