A Cockadoodle Event at the SILF!
March 21, 2017 at 6:12 pm | Posted in Being an Author, Book launches, Literary Festivals, Shanghai International Literary Festival, Story Readings, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster
On Sunday, I entertained a big roomful of fabulous Shanghai children and their mums and dads when I introduced them to my new Chinese Calendar Tale, The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster! It was so wonderful to be talking all about Shanghai’s extraordinary history, the international Concessions, Shanghai’s most famous road The Bund, and the Roaring 1920s, when my story was set, in a building that was there in the 1920s, just beside The Bund! I could just feel Rickshaw Rooster fluffing his tail feathers, puffing his chest, and getting ready to do an enormous Cockadoodle-Doo!!! Here I am, above, with a fabulous bookstand made by my terrific distributors at Obido, in M’s famous Glamour Bar. Life as an author doesn’t get more glamorous than that! More photos to come!
Roosters are crowing all over Hong Kong!
February 8, 2017 at 10:44 am | Posted in Chinese festivals, Chinese New Year, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Great children's books about Chinese culture, The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster, The Year of the Rooster
They’re in shop windows, arcades and doorways all over Hong Kong – they’re even on high heels! What a great celebration for the Year of the Rooster! And my Rickshaw Rooster, being very vain of course, thinks he’s the cock-a-doodliest of them all!
It’s official! New launch date for The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster!
February 1, 2017 at 3:15 pm | Posted in Book launches, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: English language books for kids, Funny and Fabulous Book Launch, The Year of the Rooster
And here’s your brand new invitation!
It’s going to be Funny and Fabulous and Harry and I can’t wait to see you there! Don’t forget to RSVP to Bookazine on phone number 2522 1785 OR at enquiries@bookazine.com.hk!
A proud Aussie Outback Rooster!
February 1, 2017 at 7:27 am | Posted in Rooster photos, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Zodiac, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Year of the Rooster
Say hello to a proud Aussie Outback Rooster, spotted by my good friend (and fan of the Chinese Calendar Tales) Jeanette Rengel from Western Australia. Isn’t he something? Thanks Jeanette for sending in this wonderful photo!
Lions are Rampant in Hong Kong!!
January 31, 2017 at 11:04 am | Posted in Chinese festivals, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese culture, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac
Hello again! Here is a fabulous Lion in a Lion Dance at Hong Kong Airport for Chinese New Year! How many Lion Dances have you seen lately? Aren’t they fabulous!!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
January 28, 2017 at 7:29 am | Posted in Books about Chinese Zodiac, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: The Year of the Rooster
Kung Hei Fat Choi – or on the mainland, Gong Xi Fa Chai – or, in Rooster language, Cock-a-doodle-doooooo!
A very Happy New Year of the Rooster to you and your loved ones from me and that noisy new member of the Chinese Calendar Tales family, Rickshaw Rooster!
Postponement of book launch
January 18, 2017 at 9:00 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
My darling Dad, John Dermod Brennan, passed away peacefully this morning, and my family and I are flying down to Brisbane to be with my mum and brother and sisters for the funeral. So we’re postponing the launch of Rickshaw Rooster for the moment. Here is my Dad smiling at me at one of the places he loved – Paradise Point in Queensland where he and my mum used to buy fish and chips and watch the pelicans. He was 90 in September and he lived a very full and interesting life. One day I hope to tell you more about him. Please spare a thought and a prayer for him on his next great journey.
A very merry Christmas to you all – and a special treat!
December 23, 2016 at 3:31 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Two fabulous days at the Discovery College Cultural Festival!
December 2, 2016 at 3:14 pm | Posted in Being an Author, Children's Chinese Zodiac Books, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese Zodiac, Monkey story, School visits, Story Readings, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: The Tale of a Dark Horse, The Tale of Chester Choi, The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, The Tale of Rodney Ram
A big THANK YOU to all my fabulous friends at Discovery College for inviting me for two wonderful days this week as part of their fantastic annual Cultural Festival! We had six funny and educational story readings from my Chinese Calendar Tales series, with the Grade Ones meeting Chester Choi, the Grade Twos laughing along with Pin Yin Panda, the Grade Threes having a frolic with Rodney Ram, the Grade Fours falling in love with my noble Dark Horse, and the Grade Fives and Sixes saying a fond farewell to Ming Kee Monkey in my last Ming Kee Monkey story readings for the Year of the Monkey! Huge thanks to my dear friend and talented teacher librarian host Leanne Sercombe for looking after me so well! See you all next year!
Patience, my friends…
November 28, 2016 at 6:08 pm | Posted in children's literacy, Clever Competitions, Uncategorized, writing competitions | 4 CommentsTags: Horribly Hilarious Halloween Story Competition
What a wonderful lot of Horribly Hilarious Halloween stories I’ve received from you all! I’m judging the competition now…but I’ve got a VERY busy week ahead of me, with three school visits and two Christmas Fairs in just six days, so please have patience while I get the judging finished, and I’ll post the results as soon as I possibly can!
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