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Bubble Gum Trouble and Other Giggle Poems
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10 Yellow Bananas
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A Christmas Tail co-authored by Donna Smith & Helen Ross
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Features one of my Christmas stories. All proceeds go to First Book, a children’s literacy charity.
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Launch of Australian Children’s Poetry website
Australian Children’s Poetry is a new site that has just been launched. Founded by author Dianne (Di) Bates, this site is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children’s poets and their work. Di’s aim is to put Australian children’s poetry on every map … Continue reading
A giggle poem – ‘Shopping’
Today I am feeling a little overwhelmed with everything I am trying to get done. What’s new! So what do I do? Instead of knuckling down, karate chopping items from my ‘TO DO’ list, I have just rifled wasted time … Continue reading
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A Summer Renga – completed
In February this year I posted that I joined eight poets at Karawatha State Forest (Brisbane) for a summer ginko (haiku walk) with the talented poet Graham Nunn. Then from that time till mid April we worked on a renga … Continue reading
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April Fool poem
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Well, it is the start of a new month. But beware of the jokers as today is April Fool’s Day. So thought I’d post my April Fool poem from my giggle poetry book, … Continue reading
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A Summer renga
If you love haiku, hope you’ve had a chance to check out the links to the haiku written by the nine poets who recently gathered at Karawatha State Forest. David Stavenger’s haiku, ‘snake weather’, was voted the most resonant poem … Continue reading
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More haiku from Summer ginko
Here are some more poems from February’s Summer ginko – haiku walk – in Karawatha State Forest. The backdrop of the forest provided an inspirational few hours of haiku hosted by poet, Graham Nunn. Please check out the wonderful haiku … Continue reading
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A Summer gingko
Last Sunday, 10 February, I joined nine other poets in a wonderful ginko (haiku walk), hosted by the talented poet, Graham Nunn. Having spent a week or two in Melbourne dealing with legal stuff, it was a lovely way to … Continue reading
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Chatting with Morgen Bailey on her blog
This week the lovely and accomplished UK author and blogger, Morgen Bailey chatted with me about my writing journey. As interviewee number 417, you can find our ‘chat’ at: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/author-interview-no-417-with-writer-helen-ross/ Morgen’s eNewspaper (via Scoop It) picked up the interview as its … Continue reading
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‘Miss Murtle the Turtle’ features in ‘Fortnight of Funnies’
My blogger friend, the talented writer and poet, Gabrielle Bryden, is hosting a fortnight of funnies (started last week). And today Gabrielle features one of my giggle poems for the kiddies – Miss Murtle the Turtle. http://gabriellebryden.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/miss-murtle-the-turtle-fortnight-of-funnies/ So pop over … Continue reading
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10 Yellow Bananas features in CKT’s May Pitch Ya Book
My children’s book 10 Yellow Bananas is featured this month in Creative Kids Tales’s Pitch Ya Book. Also featured this May are Just Doomed by Andy Griffiths and Peter McGee and the Dawn of the Zombie Knight by Adam Wallace. … Continue reading
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