Speciality Puzzles

Puzzle Links

• Blackline Masters
• The Canberra Puzzle Book
• The Canberra Puzzle Book - notes
• The Junior Canberra Puzzle Book - notes
• Canberra History Resources
• Writing Puzzles

The Blackline Masters page includes free sample pages for you to download!

Online Crosswords

• Cryptic Crossword
• Gourmet Crossword
• Yarn Harlot Crossword

Find out more about The Canberra Puzzle Book, for your next school trip to Canberra!

Where you can find Denise's puzzles

Denise's puzzles can be regularly found in the following publications :

• The West Australian
• d'fine Redland Lifestyle Magazine
• Warwick Daily News
• The Adelaide Review
• The Cairns Post
• Reader's Digest "Mind Stretchers" series

She has occasional puzzles published in various other papers, including The Age (Melbourne), The Daily Mail (London), the Tokyo News Service, and the Australian Rail Tram and Bus Worker journal.

Latest News

April 2011 - Denise, with Troy Simpson, has launched a new web site, English Language Skills! The site has a rapidly growing collection of articles about good English use, improving your spelling, increasing your vocabulary, and how to write better English. Plus there are puzzles!

November 2009 - Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies is out!

May 2009 - Word Searches For Dummies is available!

November 2008 - The Junior Canberra Puzzle Book (workbook) is out of print. You can still order the blackline master of this book, but the B5 workbooks have run out.

Syndication! - Auspac Media, the oldest privately-owned syndication company in Australia, represents Denise.

To include her Quick Break or Secret Shape Word Search in your publication, please contact Margret Pfeiffer on phone 07 5553 3200 (international +61 7 553 3200), or email auspac@auspacmedia.com.au.

Along the way Denise has written, illustrated and published five puzzle books so far. The Amazing Animals Puzzle Book was written for the RSPCA in 2002 - all the puzzles are about animals and the activities of the RSPCA. The Fantastic Flying Doctors' Puzzle Book was written for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 2003, and was reprinted in October 2006. The Alice Springs School of the Air Puzzle Book was written for the school in 2004, in collaboration with its students and teachers.

Where to find your own Canberra Puzzle Books

• Order directly from us - we accept PayPal, credit card (via PayPal), direct deposit and cheques
• Australian Choice, Canberra Centre
• Canberra & Region Visitors Centre
• Jacaranda Educational Supplies, Jamison
• National Library Shop

In 2004 Sutherland Studios won an ACT Heritage Grant which enabled Denise to research, write and publish The Canberra Puzzle Book in 2005. As part of the grant, a free copy of the book was given to every Year 6 student in ACT government schools. In 2006 Sutherland Studios published its companion volume, The Junior Canberra Puzzle Book, for younger 'puzzle historians'.