Quotes

"I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney 

with Australian characters was incredibly exciting."  

Justine Larbalestier

"My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, 

you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities."  

Mario Testino

"The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of my favourite smells. I love the smell in the evergreen forest just after it rains - The 

Redwood Forest in California has the coast, too, so you have the best of everything!"  

Paul Walker

"My favourite pool is located in a remote valley in the eastern Lake District, surrounded by 

vine-hung cliffs and slippery boulders. It has a torrential sheet waterfall at one end and is almost black in colour, so it appears bottomless, a portal to nowhere."  

Sarah Hall