Discussing Australian authors, their writing and fandom.
Books are here! Over the past few months, I’ve been busy doing everything I can to keep both my creativity and the creativity of others inspired. It’s been a tough time for a lot of authors – author appearances cancelled, author appearances not even organised, community creativity projects ditched due…
It’s a brave time to be publishing books with Covid-19 uncertainties rife all around the world. So I wanted to give a special shout out to some of the amazing Australian authors who I’ve helped published in 2020 – either with a book layout, an edit, mentoring, or all of…
Launch: ‘Portrait’ Yay! The ‘Portrait’ anthology has been launched! Created from the 2020 ‘Art & Words Project’ – a collaboration between myself, the Northern Beaches Libraries and Manly Art Gallery & Museum – it features 12 writers and poets, and 12 artists, in a themed collaboration devised and edited by…
So far, it is estimated that 12 million hectares of Australian land have been burned in this year’s ‘Black Summer’ bushfires, at least 32 lives have been lost, and over 2,700 homes. Entire communities have been devastated and it will take time to recover: physically, mentally and financially. The WWF…
I’m thrilled to announce that in 2020 the Northern Beaches Council will again be publishing an anthology of 24 writers and artists, with me as editor. This time the theme is ‘portrait’! I am very excited to edit this anthology, as the 2019 anthology was so utterly amazing. All the…
Happy Book Day! Congratulations to all the fine writers included in the latest NBWG anthology, ‘Of Beasts & Butterflies’, launched on Saturday by our local Federal MP Zali Steggall! It’s an anthology of reimagined fairytales for a modern Australia, and I had the honour of being the anthology’s Editor-in-Chief, as…
The first ever collaborative community anthology supporting local writers, poets & artists: ‘Saltwater’ launched! #CreativeNorthernBeaches @magamnsw #northernbeacheslibraries #ManlyArtFestival2019
