Tag Archives: Rodney Loses It!

Ten REALLY EXCELLENT REASONS for buying that SPECIAL LITTLE SOMEONE in your life a copy of RODNEY FORGETS IT! for CHRISTMAS.

Posted on December 7, 2022 by mgbauer

Ten REALLY EXCELLENT REASONS for buying that SPECIAL LITTLE SOMEONE in your life a copy of RODNEY FORGETS IT! for CHRISTMAS! Continue reading →

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Blog #143: The year Marches on!

Posted on March 11, 2022 by mgbauer

Marches. Like the month? Geddit? (Boom! Tish!) Anyway, to bring you up to date with December, January and February, here’s a few things I remember and for which I have some PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF . First there was CHRISTMAS. Then we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bunya Nut, Bunya Pine, Chrissie Krebs, Free the Flag, Gold Coast, Maleny, Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World, Rain Bomb, Rodney Loses It!, Rodriguez, Sunshine Coast, Surfers Paradise, Walkabout Creek | 3 Comments

blog 117: In which the end of June stares me in the face – and I blink!

Posted on June 27, 2019 by mgbauer

The end of June is rapidly approaching and by now I had planned that I would have completed the first draft of the 50-60,000 word YA novel that was the basis of my Queensland Writers Fellowship application. Well, as it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Avid Reader, Bookclub, Hook into Books, Josie Montano, KOALA Awards, KROC awards, May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust, Megan Daley, Pamela Rushby, Raising Readers, Riverbend Books, Rodney Loses It!, Shivaun Plozza, The Things That Will Not Stand, Trish Buckley, Where The Wild Things Are Bookshop, YABBA Awards | 1 Comment

blog 116: In which three months of 2019 somehow flashed by.

Posted on April 2, 2019 by mgbauer

Well I woke up yesterday only to discover that it was April the First already. Is this some kind of a sick joke?!? Where did a quarter of 2019 go? I’m supposed to be deep in writing the serious YA … Continue reading →

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blog 114: In which I build it and then some of them come and some of them don’t.

Posted on January 9, 2019 by mgbauer

Towards the end of every year I write down in my journal an extensive list of WRITING HOPES & DREAMS for the following year on the misguided belief that writing stuff down helps it come true. My Writing Hopes and Dreams … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boy Swallows Universe, CBCA awards, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Edinburgh Book Festival, Queensland Writers Fellowship, QWC, Rodney Loses It!, Speech Pathology Awards, The Things That Will Not Stand, Trent Dalton, White Ravens Festival | 4 Comments

blog 112: In which the end of the year is in sight.

Posted on November 16, 2018 by mgbauer

It’s been a bit over two months since my last post and these are my sins as always, it seems quite a bit has happened. A few days ago I completed my last school visit/author event for 2018. Yay! This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Artspear Entertainment, Ashgrove, Chrissie Krebs, competition, Danny Blue's Really Excellent Dream, Environment Award for Children's Literature, Everything I've Never Said, Jackie Ryan, Laura Elvery, Max Landrak, Narelle Oliver, Organ Pipes National Park, Queensland Writers Fellowship, Quensland Literary Awards, Rodney Loses It!, Samantha Wheeler, Speech Pathology Awards, State Library of Victoria, The Running Man, Toon Sandwich, Wilderness Society, Wombat Warriors, Yarraville, Younger Sun Bookshop | Leave a comment

blog 110: In which I bring you up to date with some recent and some not-quite-so-recent goings on.

Posted on September 16, 2018 by mgbauer

I haven’t really posted much about what’s been happening over the last five months or so, and as it turns out, there’s been quite a lot! Such as … SCHOOL VISITS: I’ve had 25 or so great school visits including … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carnegie Primary School, Caroline Magerl, CBCA awards, Chrissie Krebs, Christine Bongers, Early Childhood, Josie Montano, Leanne Linard, Maya and Cat, Morris Gleitzman, Rodney Loses It!, Sheryl Gwyther, St Finbarr's Ashgrove, Sweet Adversity, The Things That Will Not Stand | Leave a comment

blog 109: In which I man-splain to the CBCA Judges How They Should Vote in the 2018 Early Childhood Category as only a Middle-aged White Male who has a book on the Short-list, really can.

Posted on July 3, 2018 by mgbauer

As you may have heard RODNEY LOSES IT! written by me and illustrated by the awesome Chrissie Krebs has been shortlisted for the 2018 CBCA awards in the Early Childhood category and obviously we’re both thrilled and honoured! Now some … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alison Lester, Boy, CBCA awards, CBCA Judges, Chrissie Krebs, Hark It's Me Ruby Lee, I'm Australian Too!, Just a Dog, Lisa Shanahan, Mem Fox, Patrick Guest, Phil Cummings, Rodney Loses It!, The Second Sky, The Very Noisy Baby | 6 Comments

blog 107: In which I officially begin 2018.

Posted on April 16, 2018 by mgbauer

Well 2018 has started and it’s been very exciting. (And when I say ‘started” I mean of course that it kicked off ages ago and now more than a quarter of it is already gone!) (Hi Gabriella. Look a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Very Theatre Company, Ambrose-Treacy School, Artspear Entertainment, Assisi College, Australiens, Brisbane State High, Carl Hanser, Casimir Catholic College, CBCA Notables, CBCA Short-list, Chris Thomson, Chrissie Krebs, Commonwealth Games, Derek Danger Dale Series, Die Nerwensage Meine Mutter Sir Tiffy Dre Nerd und Ich, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Don't Call Me Ishmael: The Musical, Dr Thomas Mobius, Eric Vale Series, Fin Taylor, Fraser Island, Horcompany, Joe Bauer, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Marist Ashgrove, Mt Gravatt High School, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Queen of Apostles, Rita Artmann, Rodney Loses It!, Schonell Theatre, The Killage, The Pain My Mother Sir Tiffy Cyber Boy and Me, The Running Man, The Void, Tiaro, Toon Sandwich, Underground Broadway, University of Giessen, University of Qld | 2 Comments

blog 102: In which I try to remember what happened in the 3 months since I last posted.

Posted on November 10, 2017 by mgbauer

It’s been quite an eventful few months since my last update. August and September are usually the busiest months for school bookings because of BOOK WEEK and this year was no exception for me. During that time I visited 24 … Continue reading →