Sydney Children's Festival Saturday 1 October

Hello Friends,
If you want something fun to do tomorrow I can highly recommend that you head out to Carriageworks and meet my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey who will be having fun as part of the Blue Team in the Books and Brains Quiz, then spending 15 minutes talking about me and my adventures. The Quiz is on at 12.00 and then Short and Sharp starts at 1.00pm.
Hope to see you there.
Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

Alice-Miranda In New York Coming Soon

Hello Friends,

I hope you're having a lovely holiday if you're off school at the moment. My best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey has been very busy helping me put the finishing touches to my latest story, Alice-Miranda In New York which will be released in Australia on 1 February 2012. I had such wonderful time in the Big Apple and I can't wait to share my adventures with you.

Best wishes,

Alice-Miranda xx

PS I will post a draft of the cover as soon as I can.

Visiting Camden South Primary School Fete

Hello Friends,

Next Saturday my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey is visiting her old Primary School, Camden South Public School to be a guest at their fete. She is hoping to meet lots of my friends and will be there from 11.30am to sign books. She is very excited to go back and see what the school looks like and maybe even catch up with some of her old friends too. All of my stories will be on sale. I've found an old school photo of Jacqueline from Year 4 which I've pasted below - I wonder if you can work out which one she is?

I hope you're having a great weekend. Jacqueline and I have been very busy working on a new story.

Best wishes,

Alice-Miranda xx

Alice-Miranda is in Indonesia

Hello Friends,

I am so excited that recently my first two adventures have been published in Indonesia. I've already made quite a few lovely friends from there and my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey is enjoying getting emails from new readers. Unfortunately my Bahasa is lacking and so I can't read these stories myself but from what the Indonesian readers have said they seem to be enjoying the books. The covers are gorgeous. I have posted copies of them here. I have lots of photos as girls dressed as Alice-Miranda for Book Week which I will post as soon as I make sure that the parents are fine with having their daughters' pictures up. I hope you have a great week.

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xx

PS I have some really big news to share soon - but I can't tell just yet!

Are you dressing up for Book Week?

Hello Friends,

I'm so excited that this week is Book Week and lots of my friends are having special celebrations about books and reading at their schools. My best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey is going to be talking to some children about my stories too. Are you dressing up for a character parade? My good friends Ruby and Lauren have dressed up as me! They look adorable in their Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale uniforms. I'd love to see your photos from Book Week. You can send them to jacqueline@jacquelineharvey.com.au

Have a great week!

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xx

National Book Shop Day

Hello Friends,

I hope you're having a good weekend. My best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey has had a really busy day visiting four fabulous bookshops for the first ever National Bookshop Day. At 9am she headed to Lindfield Bookshop where she met quite a few gorgeous little girls who are great friends of mine. Then at 11am she was at The Children's Bookshop in Beecroft which was really buzzing with loads of children and fantastic authors, John Larkin, Belinda Murrell, RA Spratt, Christopher Cheng and the amazing illustrator Sarah Davis. From there she managed to stop for a lovely lunch hosted by the Random House publicist Dorothy, who is a superstar! Then Dorothy and Jacqueline drove over to Shearer's Bookshop at Leichardt where Barbara and Tony were having a day full of visiting authors. Jacqueline got to answer some questions about my stories and also unveiled her name on the wall of authors. She had hoped to meet Ray Martin but he couldn't come (she suggested I should try and solve that mystery, which Barbara thought was a good idea). Lastly Jacqueline headed over to Better Read Than Dead in Newtown where she met some very enthusiastic little girls who love my stories. I think she needs to have a big rest tonight! I hope you had a great National Bookshop Day and I'm sure that it's an event that will just get bigger and bigger. Reading is one of my most favourite things to do - and writing too. I hope you're reading something fun.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

This is Ffion - one of my friends and I know she made my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey smile!

Alice-Miranda At Sea Launch!!

Hello Everyone,

What a day we had yesterday on sparkling Sydney Harbour! 180 of my friends came along to help us launch, on a launch, my fourth adventure, Alice-Miranda At Sea. There was a delicious afternoon tea with sandwiches and slices and cakes. The weather was calm and my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey signed LOTS of books - although she said she felt a little seasick for a while from looking down for so long. We even had a celebrity with us onboard, former Australian test cricketer and all round lovely guy, Glenn McGrath and his gorgeous daughter Holly and wife Sarah. Holly is a fan of the books. It was great to see so many people and I really want to thank everyone who came along and supported us. Linsay Knight from Random House who publishes the Alice-Miranda books did the official honours and the wonderful people from the Novella Bookshop sold all the books and arranged the launch. Jacqueline's fabulous editor Kimberley Bennett was there too and so were lots of her family and friends. I can't wait to start planning the next launch - which we are going to hold on top of a skyscraper!

Have a great week,

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xxx