I’m looking forward to chatting with the wonderful Pearly Jones on Insta Live this Saturday the 14th of August from 8pm. Join us @pearleyjones to hear delicious discussions on life and literature. BYO drinks and sofa… * For those of …
Some days you hanker for words that just cut through… ‘In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.’ – Alice Munro
Melbourne Writers Festival 2020 kicked off yesterday in full digital format with an illuminating discussion between Torres Strait Islander writer, Thomas Mayor, academic, Megan Davis, and lawyer, Teela Reid, about Black Lives Matter and The Uluru Statement. Despite missing the buzz of physically being in this …
Are you looking for an absolute page-turner? Then put this one on your list of TBR books… The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall is coming soon and is guaranteed to keep you in your pyjamas and glued to the couch …
Many of you will know The Big Issue. But for those of you who don’t, it is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and creating work opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage. In short, The Big Issue …
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 …
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! …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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