Dawn Meredith - Author

At last, it's here! My new book about an Australian icon, amazing sportsman and all-round decent bloke, Don Bradman, 'The Don', knighted by the Queen for his services to sport. In the post war years Bowral boy Donald Bradman played an enormous part in shaping our nation's sporting identity, as one of the youngest players ever to play international cricket, in the 'Invincibles' team. This book is written for easy reading, packed with all the important facts and superb photographs carefully researched. It's the perfect resource book for school projects. To preview and purchase, follow this link Sir-Donald-Bradman-Australian-Cricketer cheers, Dawn

I've just got back from Conflux Speculative Fiction Festival & Natcon. What a fantastic time! Apart from the wonderful people who organise and attend these things - writers, fans, readers of spec fic, there are great discussion panels, themed dinners, book launches, workshops and more. My own workshop, "Writing Awesome Books for Kids" on Sunday morning was well attended and lots of fun. I was also on a panel discussing realism in YA novels. But one of the most significant aspects of the con was that as writers, we get to pitch to a publisher/agent directly. It's at conventions that the lines between publishers and writers is blurred a little. You find yourself chatting or dining with a publisher for whom you have pitched your precious work just an hour before. Weird, but great! Previous nightmare pitching experiences I have pitched a story before, both under excruciating conditions, in front of a whole room of people. Argh! Needless to say, they were spectacu...