The shape I’m in: Judi Curtin, author

FOR some change comes with a significant birthday or the new year but Judi Curtin waited for the millennium before she decided to start writing novels for children.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

Irene Feighan

A primary school teacher at the time, she had always wanted to write but never got around to it.

“The year was 1999 — everyone was talking about the end of the world. I think a lot of people at the time decided to do things they had been putting off.

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