Excited to have this published on ABC Arts today. What a joy to be able to recommend some of the great books released in 2024. My biggest problem was, predictably, whittling it down to this list. Give the gift of engaging stories, books that will be fun to read with…
Read MoreI’m reviewing Melbourne International Comedy Festival for The Age again this year. Here’s the round-up of my published pieces: Anna Piper Scott | None Of That Queer Stuff Piper Scott treads masterfully into delicate territory to tease out entertaining truths. As she reassesses which labels she’s shedding and which she’s…
Read MoreIt’s Fringe Fever time in Melbourne and I’ve been reviewing shows for The Age. I was particularly pleased to be able to cover so many disabled performers for the festival; our sector is going from strength to strength. Reviews on The Age: Rainbow History Class with Rudy Jean Rigg and…
Read MoreI’m pleased to be reviewing MICF shows for The Age this year. I first started reviewing MICF in the early 2000s for street press such as Beat magazine and in the years since have published literally hundreds of reviews in newspapers, online publications, zines, and radio programs. Comedy, with its…
Read MoreTo celebrate the launch of We’ve Got This – the first major anthology of writing by parents with disabilities – a panel of the book’s contributors will discuss the complexities of parenting from this often overlooked perspective. In We’ve Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically…
Read MoreI’m incredibly proud to be included in this anthology published today by Black Inc. which gathers together stories from disabled parents from Australia. My chapter reflects on how my feminism and disability politics have informed my parenting and vice versa. Spoiler alert: they’re impossible to extricate from each other! Whether…
Read MoreI’ve got an article up on ABC Everyday about my experience of the pandemic as a disabled parent. I’d love for you to pop over to the site and read the whole article. Here’s an excerpt for you. The supports I and my family have built into our lives to…
Read MoreIt was a pleasure to be asked to return as a judge again this year for the Darebin Mayor’s Writing Prize. The theme this year was ‘lucky’ and I was struck by how many of the entries had themes of climate change, near misses, appreciating our natural environment and mental…
Read MoreI published this article on SBS this week about trying to understand a disorder at the opposite end of the minimalist spectrum. Both Marie Kondo and Hoarders ask: how much of the stuff surrounding us do we really need? In an age of consumer culture, fast fashion and single-use plastics,…
Read MoreI’ve written about the importance of primary school aged children being able to understand and respect personal boundaries. Being a good person, and a good friend is about more than just not being a bully. If we only focus on teaching young people how not to take part in bullying…
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