Last week …

Last week was a busy one. Delightfully so, but busy.  Monday, was a Literature Festival in Carlton. I was there early and went for a walk. I like to have a look around where I’ll be working, it grounds me somehow. I took my brolly, on the off chance that the...

Clayton’s Night

Last night Catriona Hoy and I joined Pam McIntyre, Susanne Thwaites and Pam Horsey (channelling her inner Bec Kavanagh) presented our Clayton’s shortlist titles to a gathering of bookpeople at the CBCA Vic Clayton’s Night. I was presenting the Early...

The Next Big Thing – I’ve been tagged

I’ve been tagged to take part in an ongoing blog tour about upcoming books. I was tagged by Lorraine Marwood. You can visit Lorraine’s blog and learn about her new book hereBut enough about that, and to the questions: 1. What is the working title of your...

Travelling to Fiji

I wish!But the second-best thing did happen. Some of my books are now living in Fiji in a school library.A local uni student had the opportunity to spend a week in this school this summer. And she took some of my books with her (thanks G).So now my stories of chickens...

Adelaide

Roma Mitchell was a judge, QC, chancellor of a university and a state governor. Not all at the same time, but she was the first women in several of these positions. So she deserves a rest, and here, outside Government House, under leafy trees, she gets it. Playing...