Writing News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!…

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…

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…

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 –…

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…

November turned into a very busy month. There was the book launch, and before and after a lot of people wanted to talk about my book. Cricket season was upon…

Those following the Australian Football League Women’s, (AFLW), will know Harriet as the Vice-Captain of Richmond Football Club, and the granddaughter of Don Cordner. You can read about Harriet briefly…

On 27 November 2021, friends, family and a guests joined me for my debut book launch at an event hosted by City of Greater Bendigo at the historic Bendigo Town…

  Even though I’ve been stuck inside a lot over the last few months, much has been achieved! It’s not seemed like it at times, but looking back there’s a…

Being in lockdown had some advantages – one of them was that I produced my first book. The book is Bowl the Maidens Over: Our First Women Cricketers and it’s…

Available to order now Bowl the Maidens Over: Our First Women Cricketers is a 100-page illustrated hardback book. It takes you back to the first games of women’s cricket in Australia,…

2020 Shadows Awards finalists I was absolutely stoked on Tuesday to discover that Trickster’s Treats: Coming, Buried or Not!is one of the titles in the list of finalists in the…

Writing on the Wall! On Friday, the Frankston Arts Centre launched its community anthology Stories at the End of the Line. After the speeches, lo and behold, I found my writing…

Bowl the Maidens Over is COMING SOON! Review copies are making their ways to reviewers as I finalise formatting on the print copies. Woot! Exciting times! However, behind the scenes…

Every April Fool’s Day just before 8 a.m., there’s a bunch of us in and out of the Twitterverse waiting for that keyword from Writers Victoria – the one that kicks off…