I had intended to write ages ago about Wandering Star, my new picture book, but the Dreaded Flu has struck our house. It is a really horrible one, and I urge anyone who has not had their flu vaccination to do so. (You really do not want to be as sick as my family has been …
Wandering Star, illustrated by Stephen Michael King Read More »
A Boat of Stars, the anthology of new Australian children’s poetry which I edited with Margaret Connolly has been getting quite a bit of attention lately! Today, we received the wonderful news that it has been listed as a CBCA Notable Book for 2019, in the Early Childhood Category. A Boat of Stars includes new poetry and artwork …
It is a little while since this website has been updated. Sadly, this is owing to the extended illness and death of my father, Gordon Prior, on 24th August, 2018. Few people who met my father ever forgot him. He was a larger than life character, an imaginitive and gifted businessman and, more importantly, a …
It seems difficult to believe that we are now in November, and I have spent the day looking through proofs for a book that is going to be published in May, 2019! My next book is another picture book, one which I am sure is going to appeal to many horse-loving children. The book is …
