Books

When I am not blogging I do like to read to myself and to my kids. You will find my thoughts on some of these books in this collection. I have also written a book myself!

All Wrapped Up

November 23, 2011

There have been a number of lovely people recently, who have bought the Planning With Kids book as a gift for friends or family after having bought the book for themselves. I so enjoy reading that they found the book so helpful, they want to share it with others! So in the festive spirit, from [...]

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Books For 13 Year Old Boys

November 16, 2011

This post is a combined effort from me and my soon to be 13 year old son. He listed titles he has read over the last year that he thinks most 13 year old boys will like and gave me a brief description of each. (And in the true form of a teenager some of [...]

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Free eBook: 101 tips to control the chaos

October 18, 2011

When my book was launched back in May, I received fantastic support from the Blogosphere to help promote it. Amongst the promotion was a competition run by Kleenex Mums. They had 25 copies of the Planning With Kids book to give away. To enter you had to answer the question “How do you control the [...]

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The Planning With Kids eVersions & New Zealand Stockists

August 7, 2011

I am very pleased to be able to let you know the Planning With Kids Book now has been made into e-versions: Amazon Kindle – Planning With Kids $9.99 Sony eBook – Planning With Kids $10.97 iBooks – Planning With Kids $23.99 (Apple set the price, not sure why they have set it so high.) [...]

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How To Wear Accessories

July 13, 2011

This give away has now closed, thank you to all those who entered. I consider myself to be pretty knowledgable on a range of things, but fashion isn’t really one of them. Some people just seem to know what to combine, how to wear it, but I flounder with this. I really had no idea [...]

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365 Ways To Make Money (The Book) – Interview and Give Away!

July 8, 2011

This give away has now closed, thank you to all those who entered. Today on the blog I have interview with Kylie Ofiu. Kylie is a stay at home mum of 2 daughters who has set herself the challenge to have $1,000,000 in cash and assets by 2015. From the time she started this challenge, [...]

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Book Week Activities 2011 – Ideas for CBCA Shortlisted Books

July 6, 2011

Book Week in Australia this year is August 20th – 26th. The theme in 2011 is One World, Many Stories highlighting the ways in which cultural difference can be expressed and celebrated through literature. I love Book Week and the way children’s literature has such a focus that week in schools and in the lead [...]

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Dymocks Southland Saturday June 25th @ 12pm

June 16, 2011

If you live in Melbourne, and you are free on Saturday June 25th @ 12pm you might like to come to Dymocks Southland. I will be there and doing a short talk about my top 5 tips for turning chaos into calm. There will then be time for questions, chatting and signing of books. As [...]

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My First Book Store Appearance!

June 12, 2011

On Friday I had the pleasure to fly up to Brisbane for my first book store appearance at Dymocks Chermside. I was met at the airport by the lovely Joanne Foster from my publisher Wiley (Wright Books) and we headed straight to the store. Thanks to Joanne and the team at Wiley for helping to [...]

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Dymocks Chermside Friday June 10th @ 10am

June 3, 2011

Do you live in Brisbane? If so and you are free on Friday June 10th @ 10am you might like to come to Dymocks Chermside. I will be there and doing a short talk about my top 5 tips for turning chaos into calm. There will then be time for questions, chatting and signing of [...]

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Ask Me A Question

May 20, 2011

The best thing about blogging is the two way conversation that happens. I write stuff and readers give me their thoughts and ideas. Readers ask me questions and I can use the blog to answer their questions. The very lovely Christie from Childhood 101 has an interview with me on her blog at the moment [...]

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Pursuing Your Passion and Being Mum

May 10, 2011

I was a little wary when I read the title of this e-book: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too (*aff link). Was this going to be a book telling me that if I worked hard enough I could: have a successful career be the mum I wanted to be have my own [...]

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