Imagine thousands of people reading the same book at exactly the same time! It’s called National Simultaneous Storytime and nearly a million people took part in 2016.

The featured book this year was I Got This Hat by Jol and Kate Temple (illustrated by Jon Foye). Townsville CityLibraries invited me to read the ogre book as  a warm up to the main event as they know I have a pretty decent collection of kooky hats and The Trouble With Ogres also features some fancy headwear. It was a hoot.

I was chuffed to be invited to take part in a nationwide event that promotes reading (and hat appreciation), thanks TCC Citylibraries.

Wow! Check out these fantastic ogre hats as drawn by the Kindergarten class at Galbiri Childcare centre.

Lead educator Tina invited me to read The Trouble With Ogres to her Kindy group and to lead the class in some ogre acting, ogre stomping and a bit of ogre egg eating.

We had a terrific time!

After the reading the students showed off their impressive art skills drawing beautiful hats for the ogre.

Tina created a fantastic gallery of photos and the students’ activity sheets outside the class room – I was chuffed!

Thanks Galbiri for your hospitality.

The Trouble With Ogres made the news!

I didn’t imagine I’d ever be on the receiving end of a local author interview.

Click here to read the article.

Thanks to everyone who attended my first ever public book reading of The Trouble With Ogres at CityLibraries Townsville, Thuringowa branch. We read the book, made delicious imaginary eggs and toast, sang the ogre song and had a treasure hunt. Lots of friendly faces and some excellent ogre acting made me feel at ease. Thank you for a great time!