Clementine Rose and the Farm Fiasco - OUT NOW in all good bookshops

Hello Friends,

I am so excited that my best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey's latest book, Clementine Rose and the Farm Fiasco is now in shops around Australia.  I love the cover - it's so pretty.  I just met Clementine Rose at the beach while Millie, Jacinta and I were on holiday with Millie's mum and dad at their caravan.  You'll be able to read all about that in the adventure Jacqueline Harvey and I are writing at the moment.  It's called Alice-Miranda In Japan.  It will be out next year in March.  Before that I'm so excited that Alice-Miranda Shines Bright and the Alice-Miranda Diary for 2014 will be in shops 1 September.

Have a great week - I promise to write a longer blog about our wonderful time in Adelaide soon. I had a lovely email during the week from a friend called Violette-Rose and I'm planning to try and use some of her ideas for some posts.  So, pop back again soon.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxxx

I'm coming to Adelaide!

Dear Friends,

I'm so excited to be visiting Adelaide very soon.  I've never been to South Australia and Adelaide looks to be a beautiful city.  I hear that you have lots of lovely churches.  While I'm there, my best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey will be presenting some writing workshops for public libraries, doing an interview on ABC radio and visiting bookshops; four of which she'll be doing on Saturdays over the coming month - and I'll be tagging along too of course.  She's also working on two new books, Alice-Miranda In Japan and Clementine Rose and the Seaside Escape.

If you'd like to meet me and Jacqueline Harvey we'll be at the following bookshops on:

Saturday 20 July Dymocks Rundle Mall 1-2pm

Saturday 27 July Dillons Norwood 1-2pm

Saturday 3 August Collins Edwardstown

Saturday 10 August (National Bookshop Day) Mostly Books Mitcham 11-12

I can't wait to meet new friends in Adelaide and I'm so excited about my new books which are coming very soon (1 September for Alice-Miranda Shines Bright and the Alice-Miranda Diary for 2014).  But first Clementine Rose has a new book which will be released on the 1st August.  It's called Clementine Rose and the Farm Fiasco.

Here's a sneak peak at the diary cover.

Hope to see you soon.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xx

A busy time in Alice Springs!

Hello everyone,

I've had a very busy time last week, visiting the beautiful red centre of Australia.  It was amazing.  I had always thought it would be dusty and dry but it's incredibly green at the moment.  They've had lots of rain earlier in the year and so the red hills and the green grass are amazing.  My best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey took me with her on a bus tour to the West MacDonnell Ranges and we visited Standley Chasm, the Ochre Pits, Ellery Creek Bighole, Ormiston Gorge and Glen Helen (for a delicious lunch). On the way back we stopped at Simpson's Gap and John Flynn's grave.  He was the man who started the Flying Doctor Service.  I also got to meet lots of new friends at 8 different schools in Alice Springs as well as a visit to the local library.  Jacqueline Harvey did an interview on the local ABC radio which she thought was great fun.  She's written two blog posts about our trip which I will link to my blog here http://jacquelineharvey.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/alice-miranda-in-alice-springs-outback.html and http://jacquelineharvey.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/8-schools-12-sessions-interview-on-abc.html

 

I made lots of new friends in Alice Springs and it was great to meet some of the children who already knew a little bit about me and my adventures.  Of course I introduced Clementine Rose to them as well.  I've included quite a few pictures below - I hope you enjoy them.  This week, Jacqueline Harvey is busy working on our 9th adventure, which will see us in Japan.  I can't wait to share that with you all too.  I know holidays are coming up soon, so enjoy the last week or two of school. 

 

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xxx

 

Something special for 2014

Dear Friends,

I am so excited to announce that in September we are bringing out the Alice-Miranda Diary for 2014.  Inside there are lots of fun things including quizzes, advice pages, lots of space for you to write and there's even an enrolment form to sign up and join my school, Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies.  I can't wait until it comes out - at exactly the same time as my new book, Alice-Miranda Shines Bright.  I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the covers.  I'm helping my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey with the final proofreading on the story now, so we'd best get back to it.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xx

PS Thanks to Allerme for letting me know I had written the wrong title above - I must have been tired from all my adventures!  Of course the new book is Alice-Miranda Shines Bright, not Takes the Lead (that one has just been released in the United States with the title Alice-Miranda Takes the Stage)

Busy days and new books in Australia and the United States!

Dear Friends,

I have been so excited to meet lots of new friends in the past month.  From Melbourne and Geelong to Perth and Albany and lots of children in Sydney too.  My best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey has been travelling and talking a lot too, so she's looking forward to a little bit of time at home until we head off on some more adventures to Alice Springs, Adelaide, the Melbourne Writers' Festival and later this year we are going back to Singapore and England.  It's busy being a writer and of course there are stories to be written too.

I can't wait to be able to show you the covers of my next two books, which are going to be out in Australia in September this year.  They're not quite ready yet so you'll have to check back in a little while but in the mean time, Clementine Rose has a new story coming in May (just a couple of weeks away).  The cover is gorgeous and it's called Clementine Rose and the Perfect Present.  I think Lavender looks adorable in her jumper which matches Clementine's.  I hope that lots of my friends are becoming her friends too.

 

I'm also really excited that my American friends are finally about to get a new book too.  It's called Alice-Miranda Takes the Stage (it was called Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead in Australia and England)  It's out on the 14th May.  I hope they love it.

 

 

Today I'm helping with a new story, so I'd better get a move on.  Wherever you are in the world, have a great day.

 

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xx

A wonderful week meeting friends in Melbourne and Geelong

Dear Friends,

I've had the most wonderful week meeting lots of friends in Melbourne and even had time for a tiny bit of sightseeing in Geelong and on the ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento with Jacqueline Harvey and Zoe from Random House.

I visited a long list of schools including:  Essendon Primary, Brunswick North Primary, St Monica's Moonee Ponds, MLC Junior School Kew, Korowa Anglican Girls School, Geelong Grammar Toorak, Camberwell Girls' Grammar, Maranatha Christian School, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar, St Francis of Assisi Mill Park, Geelong Grammar Prep and Geelong College as well as Preston Library, Book Grove at Ocean Grove and an event at Sandringham Library with the Ulysses Bookstore.  We worked with lovely people from Book Bonding at Niddrie, The Little Bookroom, Fairfield Books, My Bookshop by Corrie Perkins, Lamont Books and Dymocks Camberwell too.

I know that my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey has written all about the tour, day by day on her blog but I thought I would show you some pictures instead.

Happy Easter for the end of the week and have a wonderful holiday if your school is taking a break.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

Tres Chic; Alice-Miranda In Paris Launch!

Bonjour Friends,

Yesterday was so exciting.  I was joined by lots of girls to launch Alice-Miranda In Paris in the space above Shearer's Bookshop at Leichhardt.  It was fantastic to see so many of you there and looking gorgeous too.  We started off with a quiz to see who knew the most about the books.  In the end it was a three way tie and my best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey said that she thought everyone was going to win for a while.  We had yummy food; pain au chocolat; macaroons, baguettes with ham and cheese, croissants, cream puffs, tarts and chocolate eclairs.  There was a runway parade with girls stepping out in three categories; Alice-Miranda lookalikes, French Chic and other characters from the stories.  It was very sweet that there was only one girl dressed as another character and that was Millie.  She looked just like her too.  Jacqueline's publisher, Chris Kunz then launched the book and we met Anne Yi, the amazing illustrator who draws all the pictures for the stories and for Clementine Rose too.  She is so clever and the sweetest person.

The team at Random House did a fantastic job pulling the event together and Mr and Mrs Horgan from Shearer's were wonderful too.

I had a great day and now I'm getting very excited about going to meet lots of friends in Melbourne next week.  You can check on Jacqueline Harvey's calendar to see if I'm coming to a library or bookshop near you.
http://jacquelineharvey.com.au/jacqueline-the-school-guest-speaker/upcoming-events/


Here are some more photos from the launch.  Hope you enjoy them.

Lots of love and au revoir,

Alice-Miranda xxx