Recently, a friend alerted me to a competition being run as part of the 2020 CYA All-Stars Conference. I quickly prepared a submission, which included the first part of a manuscript I'd been working and reworking for years. This particular MS is very close to...
I'm so thrilled my YA manuscript has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2020 Award Mentorship Program - a HUGE thanks to the Australian Society of Authors and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund for making this possible! For a full list of winners...
Yesterday, I facilitated the inaugural session of a very special writers’ group. It’s members are secondary school students, from years eight to eleven, who have a passion for reading and writing. It was such a pleasure to pass on the knowledge I’ve gained from being...
It’s hard to believe its been a year since I took up a sunny desk at arts space, Siteworks, in Brunswick as part of Moreland Council’s inaugural Writers in Residence program. But it has been, and I’m happy to announce the program is back and...
I was thrilled to be interviewed recently by book lover and podcast extraordinaire, Rosemary Puddy, for The Book Podcast. We talked all things writing, including process, ideas, inspiration and my latest novel, Small Blessings. Keep an ear to the ground for the interview, which will...
I’m so excited to be reading my short story, A Twist of Smoke, as part of the launch of a wonderful new anthology released by Margaret River Press. Come down to Readings bookstore at the State Library of Victoria at 6.30pm tonight to hear me,...
Every writer has a beginning story - be that the start of their publication journey or the kernel of a new tale This month’s The Victorian Writer magazine features a bunch of writers’ personal experiences with starting something new, including mine. My article In the...
Pretty damn chuffed to have my short story, A Twist of Smoke, sitting alongside such a fab collection of others. Grab yourself a copy and read tales by Mark Smith, Justine Hyde, Mirandi Riwoe and competition winner, Kit Scriven, as well as lots more. Thanks to Michelle...
Virginia Woolf once famously wrote, ‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.’ In July/August, I am running a three-part course, Women in Literature, as part of the CAE’s Poetry and Literature series. The course will examine...
Come join me and fellow authors, Louisa Deasey and Elizabeth Coleman, at Brunswick Bound’s First Chapters event this Friday June 7th at 7pm for author readings, wine and the chance to chat books and writing. It’s also a great opportunity to browse Brunswick Bound’s well...