It has been a tough year for many. When lockdown first hit Sydney in March I – like others, I’m sure – had visions of ‘making the best of it’ and ‘using the time to my advantage’. No more time spent commuting to work, few social engagements, all kids’ sport […]
I just wanted to post quickly to apologise for the long gaps between posts. I’m writing another novel and, unlike some other writers, I am not the best creative multitasker. If I’m working on a TV script, I stop work on everything else to focus on it. The same has […]
This doesn’t have much to do with writing. Well, maybe a little bit. Did you know that the average writing income of an Australian author is $12,900? Unless you happen to smash out an international bestseller you don’t earn a whole heap from writing books. Add to that having three […]
Every year around the start of August I see photos of the Garma Festival online and start to get incredibly homesick for Yirrkala. Well, this video tops it. It’s a hip-hop piece with fun, funky beats…plus it features heaps of friends and familiar faces…watch it for a great insight into the […]
This is my latest blog post as the Inside A Dog author in residence. I thought Nona & Me readers might be curious to know these answers too! Here goes… As Nona & Me is read by more people, there is one question that keeps appearing. The book is called […]
You won’t see the beautiful cover of Nona & Me on The 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards list. But you might have, if it had been the Premier’s 22…or 25…or something like that. The judges said they were ‘very taken’ with the book, their official comment being: ‘Clare Atkins’s first novel […]
I wrote this guest blog post for Bree at 1girl2manybooks but then I really liked it and wanted to publish it here too. It’s about being a mother who writes, which can often be a contradictory dual identity, but in the case of Nona & Me mothering had some quite […]
After two years of living in Yirrkala, we rolled into Darwin yesterday. Literally. Our trusty 4WD carried us over around eight hours of badly corrugated dirt road which somehow earned the title of ‘highway’ and then another five or so hours on bitumen…only to grind to a halt as we […]