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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 a long-term member of my own writers’ group. The experience

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 be released on the 13th of August 2019 at THE

I’m so excited to be reading my short story, A Twist of Smoke, as part of the launch of the wonderful new anthology, We\’ll Stand in That Place and other stories, released by Margaret River Press. Come down to Readings bookstore at the State Library of Victoria at 6.30pm tonight to hear me, alongside other

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 Beginning charts my path from baby writer to published author.

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 the lengths women authors have taken to ensure a