There will be launches for Between Us in Darwin, Sydney and Melbourne. I can barely believe the book is finally going to be out in the world. I hope you can come and join us. Here are the details. Darwin  Wednesday 7th February,  5pm for a 5.30pm start at The […]

It has been a huge but fantastic week visiting libraries in Western Sydney and giving talks and writing workshops, along with Melissa Keil, Claire Zorn, Catherine Jinks and Tim Sinclair as part of the Sydney Writers Festival 2015 Roadshow. We’ve been to Blacktown, Parramatta, Cabramatta, Penrith and are finishing the week […]

The Children’s Book Council of Australia NT Branch held a fantastic Shortlist Brunch at the Novotel here in Darwin this morning. I’ve never been to anything like it before, but I thought their format was great. Each book on the shortlist was reviewed by a local; they could be a […]

Reading Matters starts in Melbourne tomorrow! It’s not too late to buy tickets and come along! If you want to try to catch one of my sessions here’s the rundown: Friday 29th May  3.45 – 4.15pm Fresh Meet Saturday 30th May  9.40 – 10.30am We need diverse books 2 – 2.30pm Literary […]

Today, I’m flying to Melbourne, via a three hour stopover in Alice Springs, arriving just in time for the authors’ meet and greet for Reading Matters. I’m excited and honoured to be talking at what I’m told is one of the biggest, best and most enjoyable conferences for YA authors […]

My first writers’ festival – the Somerset Celebration of Literature. What a blast. So many great experiences crammed in to three days. Like the total newbie I am in this YA writing world, I went to see as many authors talk about their books as I could. What? Oh yes, […]

It was an absolute honour to visit a Year 10 English class at Palmerston Senior College. They were the first school to choose Nona & Me as a class text; their fantastic teacher Ms Hempel jumped straight in and ordered a set for the school after coming to the ALEA […]

I’m very excited to announce that I will be a guest author at two fantastic conferences in 2015. The first is the Somerset Celebration of Literature on the Gold Coast from the 18th to the 20th of March. The second is Reading Matters in Melbourne from the 29th to the 30th […]

I’m back in steamy Darwin, after a few days of cold-snap weather and borrowed coats, in Melbourne promoting Nona & Me. Publishing is a whole new world to me, and I have to say that it’s a lot of fun! I met publishing representatives, booksellers, other authors, and did some media interviews, including this […]

Darwin people, we are having an evening to celebrate the launch of Nona & Me at The Bookshop Darwin on Thursday the 9th of October, 5 for a 5.30pm start. I will be in conversation with the prolific YA writer Barry Jonsberg. Whilst it is primarily aimed at teachers, everyone […]