Category Archives: ASA

The future is here…

By elise | Published: June 2, 2010

Because I have an iPad now. It’s like going into outer space and having solar cells or antennae implanted into your brain stem for better sbs reception. It’s the future – Here Now. Never before, ever, have I been such an early adaptor of technology. And what’s it like? Yeah, frankly it’s Cool Very easy [...]

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Happenings

By elise | Published: March 18, 2010

There’s been a lot happening. Last weekend I was in Sydney for the Australian Society of Authors AGM, the awarding of the Barbara Jefferis Award to Kristina Olsson for her book The China Garden by (UQP) and first meeting of the committee of management for the year. We have a great group of dynamic people [...]

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Winding up 2009

By elise | Published: January 7, 2010

Last year ended in a frantically busy way. Across December there were meetings and schemings, markets and artworks, making the shop and etherially manning it, illustrating  a new picture book, roughing out another, working on stories, juggling ideas and concepts and generally frantically dog-paddling. Would I do anything else? Not on your life! But the [...]

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short course & MWF

By elise | Published: August 22, 2009

Wednesday night was the last night of my writing for children Short Course at RMIT. I have to say it was such a pleasure to teach – I had a wonderful class of people with varied imaginations and ideas. And they’d better keep me in the loop! I don’t doubt that there will be some [...]

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s'official my darlings

By elise | Published: April 1, 2009

The weekend’s Sydney madness was for a good reason – I’ve just become a member of the ASA committee of management. That’s the Australian Society of Authors which includes the Society of Book Illustrators (SoBI). Don’t worry I’m not going to become a “point of order”-muttering octogenarian oddity before my time! But I do love [...]

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