The latest books and happenings, and the general comings and goings of Rosie and the Boom Family.

Today the Waikato Times featured an article on Kate’s barefoot campaign Shoeless, and you can read it on the National news page on Stuff.co.nz We are looking forward to going down to Hamilton next weekend and helping her with her shoe sale. Go Kate! read more

Angel has been nesting under beds for the last week – in fact she tore up a lot of my old letters that Milly had under bed…the very ones Kate wrote about in her blog. Grrr. then yesterday she ripped a mattress under Ellie’s bed. Chris had commented only this morning that she was looking way too fat…and then at lunch time I noticed she had milk in… read more | 1 Comment

For those of you who missed seeing Kate on TV this morning, here’s a link to the site where you can watch it. Cold weather here in Whangarei today – must say I was glad to put my socks and boots on when I went out.

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This is just a quick post to let you know that tomorrow morning at 8.40 am Kate is appearing on the Breakfast show to talk about her Shoeless campaign. You can check out a promotion video on YouTube if you like – features some fancy footwork by Jacob also. read more

Well, I’m finally home after two and a half weeks away in the States with Penny. My bags are unpacked, the washing is done, I’ve cut Sam’s hair, and managed to get a large, aggressive, stroppy bull off our front lawn. Life so quickly slots back into full swing. :) This morning I woke to the sound of heavy rain and even hail…lit the Homewood and made… read more | 5 Comments

My daughter Kate has been going shoeless for six months now and has set up  a campaign to raise money to sponsor education and uniforms for 1800 children over the next five years. Read all about at www.facebook.com/shoelessnz There will be a concert in Hamilton on the 17th May 2013 and a big shoe sale on 8th June… read more

At last I’m allowed to tell the news! Where the Crickets Sing has won the 2013 Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year Award for 2013 in the Children’s Category (8-12 years) It is open to all countries, but I’m guessing most entries were from the States.

This is the email notification I received last week… read more | 7 Comments

Well, at 8.59 pm on the 8th April I finally sent the completed manuscript and illustrations to my designer to prepare for print. Yippee! I did the 102nd illustration and then we had a celebration meal and  broke open the bottle of sparkling grape juice. A real feeling of accomplishment. This book seems to have taken a long time! I hope you, my readers, will… read more | 6 Comments

An exciting time for me – here’s what I put on Facebook last night at 11.57:

It’s 11.57 pm and I have just written The End on my manuscript! Finally. I began this book, the fourth in The Barn Chronicles series, on the 27th January 2012. Whew. It’s taken a long time (and it’s not finished yet! I still have 60 more illustrations to do) but this is