Monthly Archives: May 2024

2024 Week 21: Our brief Canberra visit explained in (badly) rhyming couplets.

Posted on May 28, 2024 by mgbauer

Mike and Adriana BAUERIn the Corridors of POWERThere to visit Uncle JIM(Back row, middle boy – that’s HIM!) Then Ar-bor-e-tum shared its VIEWWith 50,000 trees they GREWAnd even more there was to SEEUp on the peak of Mount AINSLIE* (*Author’s … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 20: I read the news today, oh boy …

Posted on May 20, 2024 by mgbauer

When my first young adult book was about to come out, my publisher Dyan Blacklock predicted that I would love being part of the children’s writing community in Australia. As usual, she was right. I did. And I do. In … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 19: Question and (ridiculous) Answer session.

Posted on May 14, 2024 by mgbauer

Over the 20 years (Yikes!) since my first book The Running Man was published I’ve answered quite a lot of interview questions about my stories and writing and about myself. So I thought I’d look back and just pick out … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 18: Would a ‘me’ by any other name smell just as sweet?

Posted on May 7, 2024 by mgbauer

In the last blog I looked back 20 years to when my writing career began with the publication of The Running Man and talked about the creation of my first book cover. This week I thought I’d look back 20 … Continue reading →