New Web Site up and Running

 

A time for reflection in Quambatook when l visited the area with my new book The Big Green Tractor joining tractor lovers at the well known Tractor Pull.
I was delighted to catch up with lots of caring friends l hadn't seen for around 13 years.  See ABC OPEN soon for another revealing blog.  Quambatook ladies hold onto your hats!

Check out the new website on -
http://www.susiesarahlittleantbooks.com many thanks to Mark Ames again for his kind support and great work in getting me sorted out.  Now all those who prefer shopping on the web can order books.

Helen my illustrator is gearing up for the workshops we will be presenting at Jumping Puddles children's literature festival and has been as usual painting up a storm at MOCO Gallery in Halls Gap through the school holidays.  She will be ready to start work on our next book Jumping Jack Jones very soon.

THE BIG GREEN TRACTOR LAUNCH UPDATE

The photo above tells it all - Helen Leach (my esteemed illustrator) and l dwarfed by a huge John Deere machine - well known to all the tractor lovers and our inspiration for the Big Green Tractor story.

Many will have also seen the wonderful article in the Weekly Times Wednesday April 3rd by Johanna Leggatt entitled LIFE ON THE ROAD IS A REAL PAGE TURNER.  I wonder if this makes me a centre fold at last!

For any wanting to check out the latest book you can email me on susiesarah@hotmail.com.au and l will send on details.  I am finally getting a better profile with thanks to Mark Ames of ibizmobilemarketing@gmail.com who is setting up a website for booksales which will be updated with each new book.  As usual it's way out there for me to understand but l'm sure it will make it easier for all those who prefer to buy online.

The last 7 weeks have been a blur of booksignings, the launch at the Wimmera Field Days and lots of revved up folk at the Quambatook Tractor Pull, where l caught up with many lovely friends l haven't seen for ages.

For those who love stats our sales have again blown us away - we sold as many books in that 7 week period as we have in 6 months previously!

We return to Victoria again in a few weeks for the Jumping Puddles childrens literature festival at Noorat - the birthplace of Alan Marshall then on to Clunes where my grandparents settled after arriving in Australia from Holland.  Booktown is a major weekend attraction there and l will be hosted by Pamela at All About Books as her guest author.  Then on the 7th of May the Ararat Library have local schools booked in for the morning and l later present a workshop on 'How to Publish Your Book' for adults in the afternoon.

June and July are set aside for more travels - this time north into New South Wales to Queensland.  This will enlarge our territory and increase book sales again. 

Meanwhile check out ABC OPEN for my latest blog featuring a trip with aboriginal statesman Burnum Burnum.  Helen is now working on illustrations for our next childrens book and l am writing a collection of short stories for country ladies which l'm sure blokes will want to check out.