Oh the places you’ll go!

ABC Melbourne had an outdoor broadcast from Fed Sq today. Well, actually it was an inside outside broadcast but it was very different to being in a studio. I was invited in to talk about ‘Meet the Anzacs’ and I don’t mind saying I was a little...

Leading up to Anzac Day

On Tuesday, I drove from Melbourne to Avoca to visit their primary school to talk about ‘Meet the Anzacs’. Over Tuesday and Wednesday, I presented to all grades and finished up with a presentation to adults at the local library.As always, there are...

Connections and stories, quilts and war

When I was working on edits for ‘My Name is Lizzie Flynn’ I discovered that there was a quilting award called the ‘RAJAH’. This had to be more than a coincidence, and of course it was. The Rajah award is given to a quilter who has contributed...

CBCA Book Awards

 I am very excited that ‘Emu’ has been shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award for non fiction. Winners are announced in August. The Notable list and the Short List can be viewed here. I will be ‘appearing’ on ABC Northern Territory on Monday...