Stella time! Today saw the announcement of the Stella Prize longlist for 2015. Of these I’ve read Laurinda, Foreign Soil and This House of Grief. I have The Strays and Heat and Light sitting in my to-read pile already, but that leaves so many more to enjoy before the announcement…
Read MoreIt’s February! This is exciting, because it means I’m relieved of my summer childcare duties and back to the writing desk. Lots of ideas have been percolating over my break, and I’m very eager to get back in the swing of things. Obviously there isn’t much work to update you…
Read MoreAt the precipice of a new year it is often tempting to set enormous goals, or to think about radical change. For the past few years the outlook at this time of the year could be boiled down to ‘more of the same’. That wasn’t a bad thing, per say,…
Read MoreMaxine Beneba Clarke has launched a brilliant initiative gaining some attention at the moment. Her hashtag #writingwhilefemale is a fascinating view into the experiences of women writers. The Wheeler Centre published an interview with Maxine today where she talks about why she started the hashtag, which you should read. Make…
Read MoreAfter three and a half years, I leave behind this familiar (now empty) desk and set off on new adventures. My time at Express Media has been rewarding in so many ways, but it has also been exhausting and all-consuming. It was well and truly time to move on, but…
Read MoreMy last act as Creative Producer at Express Media is to go to National Young Writers’ Festival. I’ll be appearing at three panels, all of which seem to be perfectly created to explore my favourite topics. If you haven’t been to NYWF, this is the year to make the trip…
Read MoreAs August draws to a close I thought it might be worth checking in on my reading goals for this year. As in previous years, I set myself the goal of reading 52 books this year. One per week always sounds entirely reasonable, but I’ve been shocked to see how…
Read MoreI’m proud as punch to have a short contribution included in this collection by if: book Australia and Editia, The Noobz. Focussing on expermients in reading and writing, it’s a short and sweet collection featuring wonderful writers such as Romy Ash, Ronnie Scott and Benjamin Law. Not bad company to…
Read MoreLast year I had the pleasure of being included in The Emerging Writer, produced by the Emerging Writers’ Festival as a compendium of advice and thoughts about the business of being a writer. I wrote a chapter on community; what that means, how you can find or build your own,…
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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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