After an epic three days, the Independent Publishing Conference is finished for the year. I’m exhausted, but very happy with how the event went. I hadn’t planned to run an event of this size in 2015, but when the Small Press Network asked I couldn’t say no. The organisation is…
Read MoreI had such an amazing time at the Emerging Writers’ Festival #writingwhilefemale day. I sat at the back of the room listening intently and tweeting madly, watching a room full of women share skills, network, support each other and generally live it up. Amaryllis Gacioppo did an amazing job of…
Read MoreToday is a day I have been eagerly anticipating for a long time. I finally get to share the project I’ve been working on for months, Women in Literary Arts Australia. I’m proud to have been working with Kate Callingham and Lisa Dempster on this, two women I respect and…
Read MoreThis is an article I published at Limited News. I wanted to republish it here in full as I think it is vital to the ongoing conversation around gender equity in our industry. “To the person that said the ‘gender bias’ wasn’t an accident, unless you have sat in editorial…
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SBS: Female sensibilities the undoing of kids’ books? I don’t think so
Are women in publishing the reason young boys aren’t reading? Some within the industry would have us think so, and I wrote about it for SBS News’ Comment and Analysis section. Here’s a taste: “Women are relegated to working in children’s publishing because, like many other services or industries, books…
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