Tag Archives: Scholastic Australia

2024 Week 22: Home again, Home again, Jiggity-Jig.

Posted on June 5, 2024 by mgbauer

Well we’re back home from CANBERRA and the Corridors of Power and just in time too! WINTER has now officially arrived. Of course it’s a well known fact that if born and bred Queenslanders are trapped down SOUTH when WINTER … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Maroons, nrl, picture books, Queensland, Scholastic Australia, State of Origin, Winter | Leave a comment

2024 Week 11: In which I talk about all things ISHMAEL.

Posted on March 18, 2024 by mgbauer

Old, battered, torn, faded and falling apart. But, enough about me – check out those covers! Are you in the same boat? Maybe it’s time your old copy of DCM ISHMAEL was given a face-lift. Or maybe it’s time you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Book covers, Carl Hanser, Don't Call Me Ishmael, dtv, Germany, Gregory Peck, Herman Melville, Hoercompany, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Ishmael Trilogy, Moby Dick, Munich, Scholastic Australia, The Running Man, White Ravens Festival | 1 Comment

2024 Week 7: Dedicated to the Dedicatees – PART 1.

Posted on February 19, 2024 by mgbauer

One of the things you have to think about when a new book is coming out is to whom, if anyone, are you going to dedicate it. Sometimes the answer is obvious and easy. Sometimes it takes a bit more … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Artspear Entertainment, book reviews, book-review, books, Celia Jellett, Dedications, Dinosaur Knights, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Dyan Blacklock, Editor, family, Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Joe Bauer, picture books, Publisher, Rita Artmann, Scholastic Australia, The Pain My Mother Sir Tiffy Cyber Boy and Me, The Running Man, The Void, Toon Sandwich, Untrue Crime, Writing | 2 Comments

2024 Week 6: It’s not what you think.

Posted on February 14, 2024 by mgbauer

You’re probably thinking because I’m a couple of days late with this week’s blog that I must have forgotten all about it. Wrong! I wrote it on time but then the dog ate it. Yes, that’s right. Here’s a picture … Continue reading →