Rare Book Week talk at the MCG Library
It was such a pleasure to be on a panel at the MCC Library for Rare Book Week last Wednesday 29 July and talk all about my books and sports…
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Ditmar Award Finalist in criticism and review category
My article ‘The Horror of Australia’s Literary Censorship’ published in the AHWA’s Midnight Echo #20 is a finalist in the 2026 Ditmar Awards for works published in 2025 in the…
Australasian Shadows Award Finalist in nonfiction category
In March 2026 I was delighted to be advised my article ‘The Horror of Australia’s Literary Censorship’ published in the AHWA’s Midnight Echo #20 was a finalist in the 2025…
Barbara Rae, The Deplorables and Bowl the Maidens Over
When Dennis Johannsen first introduced me to the City of Greater Bendigo to talk about hosting a book launch, we talked about how wonderful it would be to turn Bowl…
The Dreams That Shape Us and Other Stories
Where to buy The ebook and paperback are available at Amazon, your normal stockists, and at the following ebook retailers. The silver foil edition is only available from my Shop,…
A Book Launch With a Difference!
On 25 August 2024 I finally launched The Cocktail Connoisseur’s Message Cards and The Cocktail Connoisseur’s Recipe Book in the Peninsula Room at the Chelsea Heights Hotel. It was fantastic!…
Breaking in a new year
What’s in store for 2023? Hopefully lots of great things! We wave goodbye to another year and in our hearts many of us hope in some ways for change. One…
Scholarship announcement
I’m delighted to say that I have been awarded a Horror Writers Association Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship to work on a non-fiction project focusing on Australian horror history. I’m incredibly…
How to host a writers’ retreat
I’ve run writers’ retreats for four years. I generally hold them over weekends with days extending either side. I tried it as a business, but this clashed with my desire…
Finding your tribe
This article was first published in The Victorian Writer in 2019, and then in the AHWA newsletter in 2021. The article has been adapted to factor in the last few…
Writers Victoria Flash Fiction Challenge #WVFlashFic22
Every year Writers Victoria hold the challenge during April, and each year I look forward to it. It took me a bit to get into the swing this year –…
Settling into 2022
It’s been a busy start to 2022 and quite a varied one. Even though people were hesitant to venture out and many of us were still working from home, cricket…
