It’s been an incredibly busy and incredibly good time for me over the past few months. I’ve submitted a book chapter for an amazing project, done an in-conversation event with John Marsden at The Wheeler Centre, hosted a panel on women in writing at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, been asked…
Read MoreMost of March/April has been focused on the epic UK trip, which I have written about here. It was a fantastic opportunity, and has re-energised me on lots of fronts. While away I did get the good news that my pitch for a chapter in a new book about girls…
Read MoreMy literary pilgrimage to the UK (okay, actually tagging along on partner’s work trip and hijacking it somewhat to fit in some literary business) went swimmingly, although of course it has only made me even more keen to learn more. While there, I managed to: Meet with Jenny Niven and…
Read MoreIn my recent travels around the beautiful continent of the United Kingdom, I set myself the challenge of reading works either written about, or by people from, the UK. I asked for recommendations on Facebook, compiled a wish list of reads, loaded up my Kobo and set off on a…
Read MoreHere are my Limited News pieces for this month: Listen read watch: The Luminaries, Survivor, The Lifted Brow Listen read watch: True Detective, True Detective, True Detective
Read MorePhew. Is it just me, or did the end of 2013 sort of crush us all? Finishing the year with the Express Media Awards is always a great way to look back on the year and celebrate all the amazing things happening in the literary world, but it makes for…
Read MoreIt’s been a year of big changes at Express Media. We’ve said goodbye to former General Manager Joe Toohey, who employed me in my role here, and hello to Steve Lamattina who has taken on the role. It’s been a pretty intense period in our offices as we were without…
Read MoreI have had such a blast at this year’s MWF. More so than any other year I felt like the program embraced emerging and young writers, had brilliant women on stage and made me think about things in a different way. For Express Media I hosted the Write Across Victoria…
Read MoreHere is my Limited News piece for the month: Top 5 Awkward Campaign Photos
Read MoreThis month saw me hosting a panel at Emerging Writers’ Festival, Where Do You Write, which went swimmingly. There were Auslan interpreters there, which was fascinating. I’d love to learn more Auslan as I only know a few basic signs. As I posted about earlier, I’ve been published in The…
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