Our dream is to make a movie, so we recently held a Multi-Me TV presenting workshop with some very talented kids in Perth. The workshop was facilitated by Perth personality Carmen Braidwood. She is currently a presenter for Channel 9’s Destination WA and a much-loved part of “Carmen and Fitzi” on 96FM radio. She gave […]
The Literature Centre in Fremantle loves children’s books, supports authors and nurtures emerging writers. It is increasingly difficult and competitive for Australian writers to be picked up by big-name publishers. I really struggled with that and a friend recommended I contact The Literature Centre when I decided to self-publish Multicultural Me. Jenny Doust, Senior Education […]
I have started the Multi-Me Radio Podcast so I can read my book to you, tell you more of my stories and most importantly answer all the questions you’ve asked me. Why did I move from Zimbabwe to Australia? Why did I write the book? And this one cracks me up…How tall am I? How […]
Kool Kidz is a child care and kindergarten company with centres all across Melbourne. I was lucky enough to visit one of their centres near Dandenong. What I loved the most about this centre was the warm welcome the children and child care staff gave. They invited me to read Multicultural Me to every age group from […]
The teachers and kids at St Joseph’s School were full of surprises! My friend Hughey had taken in his copy of Multicultural Me to show his teacher. She then decided to use it for some lessons about story-writing and creating characters. I didn’t know this when I arrived to give a talk in their school […]
The City of Belmont is a local government council in Perth, Western Australia. The City has been the biggest supporter of Multicultural Me since its inception. Here’s a short summary of how: The Mayor, Councillor Phil Marks, and Minister Glenys Godfrey MLA, Member for Belmont came to our book launch during Children’s Book Week. The […]
Everyone was in a costume at Success Primary School when I visited them. It was wonderful seeing all the superheroes, fairies and princesses during Children’s Book Week. I spent the afternoon reading Multicultural Me to 9 classes from Kindy to Year 4. It was great hearing the different questions they asked. The younger children asked […]
The children and teachers at Hale School were the very first people to hear a speech about Multicultural Me. At that time it wasn’t even a real book yet, and I told them how I was crowdfunding to finish the book. Mrs Heldt, Head of Hale Junior Primary and Miss Benbow had also organised for […]
The kids at Thornlie Primary School are very good at public speaking! They were very eager to speak and ask questions during Children’s Book Week in August. We gave small groups A3 illustrations from the book and they gave short presentations about them. Their feedback was great because they shared interesting ideas and observations. This […]
On Harmony Day 2014, Halogen Foundation Australia invited me to inspire primary school children at the National Young Leaders Day (NYLD)* seminar at Perth Convention Centre. In my speech I told the audience how I found my [multicultural] voice in Australia. Then I said I wanted to be a cartoon one day. Afterwards, the children inspired […]