Seeing Women in Literary Arts Australia come to life has been one of the proudest moments of my professional life. We launched back in June, and since then my co-conspirators Lisa Dempster and Kate Callingham and I have been quietly working behind the scenes pushing things along. The most important…
Read MoreThis morning I joined the Breakfasters on Triple RRR to review Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things. It was a pleasure to talk about a book that has settled so uncomfortably (in a good way) into my mind. You can listen to the podcast if you missed it.
Read MoreThis morning I joined the Breakfasters on Triple RRR to review Jane Harrison’s Becoming Kirrali Lewis. This gem of a book hasn’t had nearly the coverage it deserves, so I was pleased to sing its praises on air. You can listen to the podcast if you missed it.
Read MoreI love the Small Press Network. It’s an organisation that provides support to independent publishers who are producing fantastic work in a rapidly changing landscape. Organisations like this, which operate off the tiniest of budgets and offer their members such vital support, are integral to a healthy literature sector. Having…
Read MoreI had my first piece of writing published online at Overland today, which is pretty exciting. Overland have been publishing some really great, challenging articles about writing/writers lately, and I felt that this challenge to men in our industry would be perfectly at home there. The article was one I…
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 MoreThe latest tale from storyteller Stuart Bowden delivers a melancholic and bittersweet hour of entertainment. Before us were our parents, and our collective human race. Before the lime green bulbous creation on stage before us were also her parents, her collective race, but they’re all dead now she tells us.…
Read MoreI started my MICF 2015 off with a great night. This photo was captured by the MICF official Jeez Louise photographer, who is dashing around asking audiences about their favourite female comics. I usually avoid being photographed like the plague, but couldn’t resist sharing how I’d enjoyed my darling friend…
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