Summer Reading Club Online Chat

Hi
The State Library of Queensland has a Summer Reading Club.

This is their poster.

On 12th January 2010 from 11 a.m. till noon I'll be doing an online chat so that readers can ask me questions in real time via the Internet.

So if have any questions about Audrey, you might like to see about registering for the chat and writing down your questions so I can answer them.

Click here for more information.

The people at the Queensland library say that readers in any state of Australia can arrange to join in, but only Queensland readers can win prizes from the competitions.

I look forward to 'chatting' with you.
Christine Harris

Alphabet Soup Interview with Christine Harris

Alphabet Soup is an Australian magazine for children, 6 to 12, who love books & creative writing.

There is also a Soup Blog that has stories, updates, news, and media releases to do with the magazine, book reviews, author interviews, and news about book-related events.

The editor, Rebecca Newman, asked me some questions about writing (including the Audrey series). Click here to read the Q & A.

Spring Newsletter

Hi
Audrey's Spring newsletter is now online, ready to print.
Click here to download it.

And the very first book in which Audrey and the Barlow family appeared, 'Outback:The Diary of Jimmy Porter 1927-28' is being reprinted in April next year in paperback. The title will simply be 'Outback' and Scholastic, the publisher of that book, sent me the cover picture and I love it. Can't show you just yet - but when I can, bet you love it too.

bye
Christine & Audrey

Astrid's Acrostic Poem

Hi
Astrid, 8, wrote an acrostic poem about Stumpy. Her brother, Lloyd, wrote the last one. Talent obviously runs in families.
I thought you might all like to read what Astrid wrote:


STUMPY
STRONG AND SILENT
TRUE FRIEND
UNDERSTANDS AUDREY
MAKES AUDREY FEEL BETTER
PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK
YET COMES AND GOES WITH A DUST DEVIL.