Personal writing achievements and news for happy sharing.
Last week, my eleven-year-old daughter came home with the news that she’d been sent to the principal’s office. When she told me, I didn’t know how to react. The exact same thing had happened to me when I was her age – except for my daughter at least there’d been…
Giveaway time! My publishers are giving away three (3) signed copies of Towards White, valued at AUD$30 each!! They’ll send them to any address in Australia requested by the winners – so if you’ve already got a copy, you can gift the prize to someone else! All you have to…
Please join me to support Australian authors and The Kids’ Cancer Project at these two amazing book launches… 1. ‘A Noise on an Island’ – an anthology of short stories edited by me! – Saturday 16th June, 2pm at Manly Bowling Club What would you do if a long-abandoned…
Wow, my first YouTube video is out NOW! Big thanks to the Thomas Keneally Centre at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts for inviting me to give this YouTube talk about ‘Towards White’ (IFWG, 2017), to Phil for filming, and to Dom at Desire Books in Manly for hosting us.…
Well, hello 2018, and what a wonderful way to start the year: an interview on The Book Podcast and giving an author talk! The Book Podcast The Book Podcast aims to celebrate Australian women’s writing and champion cultural change. In each episode, interviewer-extraordinaire Rosemary Puddy talks to an Australian woman writer about…
Wow, what a ride of a year! I’ve had lots of ups, and lots of downs. I always try to focus on the ups, however, not the downs, in an attempt to continually inspire myself (and others), rather than drag myself (and others) down. So at this very self-reflective time…
A crunch. Jules definitely heard a crunch. The air was chilled, and it moved, whooshing around and around. Had she left the ceiling fan on last night? Had Dave switched it on? She rolled over to drape her arm around him, but instead of his warm body her hand touched…
