I have my long term plan of being a writer still held dearly, and a vision of myself as a full-time writer is what keeps me sane and moving forward.  Most…

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, I really enjoyed reading Bluebottle by Belinda Castles. From Allen and Unwin:   With sea-salt authenticity, Belinda Castles sets the Bright family in the sprawling…

I’ve had about one week of normal tempo in my business, after two months of hell. I had been working about 14 hours per day, for the last two months, and…

I have seen this book cover so many times, and thought that I needed to read this book! All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld won the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary…

I gave this book to my mum a couple of Christmases ago, and she highly recommended that I read it, telling me that she wanted the book back once I’d finished…

Things get clearer over time, the more you journal and think about what you actually want. But I seem to go around in circles sometimes, and I’ve come back again to…

I was interviewed for an event run by The Rural Woman for International Women’s Day 2018. Here’s the recording:

‘Having it all’ has been about women being able to have a career as well as a nuclear family. We were told that we wanted a fulfilling career, as well as…