This morning all the ambassadors for the Vic Premier’s Reading Challenge, and I am one of them, were invited to the Great Hall in the National Gallery for a special presentation. The schools whose students read the most books were given a special certificate by the Premier. It was great to see so many enthusiastic readers! Well done to all who participated in the challenge and keep up the good reading!!

It is a nice change from writing to be doing the illustrations for A Ghost in My Suitcase. These black and white pencil and ink drawings will be dotted throughout the text as in a previous novel of mine, The Pearl of Tiger Bay. The first illustration is Celeste’s business card. The second is of Bao Mansion, a haunted mansion in the Isle of Clouds, the third is a hu lantern, a special lantern that can guide you to the entrance to the underworld and the last illustration is one of the bridges in the Isle of Clouds.