I encountered what used to be known as the ‘C’ word sixteen years ago and it wasn’t pretty. Cancer took me on a journey I didn’t ask to go on and taught me s...

The artists’ run initiative I’m involved with, Mounted ARI, presents their first exhibition for 2020. Above the Beyond - No Horizons — amazing aerial landsca...

It’s hard not to get obsessive about checking the fire updates at the moment. With fires to our north, south and west we are in an almost constant state of v...

What has happened to the last four months? Somehow, all of a sudden, it’s December! Actually, a lot has happened since my last post, but here are just a coup...

On June 29th, at the wonderful Children’s Bookshop Beecroft, author to watch, Amelia McInerney, launched her second picture book. On a basic level, Bad Crab,...

Speaking of people reading your work, one of my flash fiction pieces flew half way around the world to be part of Arachne Press’s "Story Cities: A city guide...

On the last day of May, amidst the wonderful works of local artist, Geoff Matthews, I ran a Flash Fiction Night with two friends who’ve opened a new art gall...

Almost at the end of May already. How could that have happened? In February I attended the SCBWI Conference in Sydney. SCBWI is the Society of Children’s Boo...