Lit festival in Buxton in June

The Yea MARC Literature Festival, arranged by Mark Wilson and Libby Ahern was great fun. Children from four local schools were bussed in to Buxton for the event. We set up in classrooms and the children moved from classroom to classroom in between sessions.This...

Pics from CYA and Hatchlings

CYA Conference in Brisbane. We arrived early and took a look at the book shop. Lovely to see Old Sailor posters smiling at me!Tina and Ally, organisers extraordinaireDee, receiving her first prize certificate for published writer section of the CYA competition.Sheryl...

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig

Hundred-year old vines.Kerry and I drove home via Coonawarra and somehow picked two glorious days to do it. Weather was delightful all the way. We did stop overnight in Coonawarra and make the odd purchase or two. It was a lovely way to end my month in...

Last night

Tonight is my last night in the May Gibbs apartment here in Adelaide. I’ve had a wonderful time, with the mix of writing, visiting and socially.I’m thrilled that I managed to complete the second draft of my novel while I was here . I finished this morning...