Children's writer and poet. Writing with heart, humour and heft, hopefully. Also alliteration, abviously. Repped by Left Bank Literary.
Fremantle, Western Australia
Joined May 2015
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No one blogs any more but I've decided I don't care. A few words about family and fruit and finding my way back. Or forwards. Or something.
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Children's Book Week is almost upon us and here's where my voice recognition software thinks I'm going. Hit me with your best guess!
Just had a surveyor here who informed me that I am "living in the void" and ngl that explains a lot.
"I cry, the toddler points at birds..."
My work is done.
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What generous words! "Recipe for a rich and rewarding childhood" is a glorious line and I am definitely stealing it at the earliest opportunity. :)
Full of wisdom, wonder and the joys of being young, Meg and Leila’s recipe for a rich and rewarding childhood is perfect for sharing together. Whimsical, charming and utterly delightful! @MegMcKinlay #LeilaRudge #AlwaysNeverAlways
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An inspiring celebration of what the world has to offer, cleverly constructed @MegMcKinlay and beautifully illustrated #leilarudge #AlwaysNeverAlways @BIGPictureBooks is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed over on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-bLb
"For every child who loves to dream..."
I think that's every child, right? I hope so!
Always follow secret tracks –
the paths that wind and wend through cracks.
Never worry where they go.
When you get there, then you’ll know.
ALWAYS NEVER ALWAYS from @MegMcKinlay and #LeilaRudge is out now for every child who loves to dream 🌺
So happy to have this little treasure out in the world!
This new title is a lyrical, whimsical handbook for anyone needing a little quirky guidance for going boldly out into the world. 🚲🦆
This classic-in-the-making by @MegMcKinlay and illustrated by Leila Rudge is out now!
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“Frog,” said Toad, “if I dust my chairs and scrub my windows and water my plants right now, then I will not have to do it tomorrow, will I?”
“No,” said Frog. “You will not have to do any of it.”
It's rhyming & whimsical and adventurous!
And it also contains the crucial life advice:
"Never worry that you're stuck
Especially when you're with a duck"
Thanks to @onemorepageAU for this excellent first review of "Always Never Always", on shelves now in all the book places.
When @MegMcKinlay & Leila Rudge make a picture book, you know it will be magical. ALWAYS NEVER ALWAYS is no exception. With rhyming text delightfully accompanied by whimsical illustrations, it's a guidebook for the child who believes in magic & trusts in the promise of adventure.
ALT Picture book Always Never Always surrounded by flowers. Cover features a girl on a bike with a wind-up duck on her head riding through a garden.
Crafting post-Book Week emails as if I'm writing lyric poetry. Why am I like this? Why must every damn word be forged in fire? Why can't I just say 'HERE'S THE INVOICE SHOW ME THE MONEY GOODBYE'??
Casually sitting in one of two 15-min parking bays on a Freo street, I look up to see James Foley strolling by; mid-catch-up chat, we clock Tim Winton pulling into the other bay.
Unclear of the criteria for being declared an official City of Literature, but surely this covers it?
Supporting material: that one time I accidentally networked with the CEO of @TeamAWESOMEArts in the trolley bay at South Freo Woollies