An interview at Eltham Bookshop
For the launch of The Freedom of BIrds I was fortunate to be interviewed via Zoom by Robert Verhagen from Eltham Bookshop in Melbourne. Here are some of his insightful questions and my answers too! Can you tell us about your latest book? ‘The Freedom of Birds’ is the tale of two French storytellers and…
Read MoreReading Group Questions – The Freedom of Birds
Are you part of a Book Club? Here’s a great resource for you about my latest book with some intriguing discussion questions! Courtesy of Allen & Unwin TheFreedomOfBirds_Book-Club-Reading-Group-Notes-6Download
Read MoreThe Freedom of Birds
I am thrilled to share with you some of the wonderful reviews of The Freedom of Birds and interviews I have been asked to give in the three weeks since my latest book has been published. Here is an interview with Cindy L Spear who asks about inspirations, writing tips and favourite childhood books, and…
Read MoreJosephine’s Garden: Reading Group Questions
In my writing, I love to bring women’s lives to the forefront, their cares, concerns, needs and desires, because these are often overlooked in the historical record. A major life and death concern for women was pregnancy and childbirth. In Josephine’s Garden, I wanted to explore some of these challenges for women alongside the story of…
Read MoreWelcome!
Thanks for visiting my website! My new novel The Freedom of Birds will be released in December 2021 by publishers Allen & Unwin. This is my third novel exploring themes of independence and identity at times of dramatic social change. Travel with me as I delve into fascinating people and places in my books! Subscribe…
Read MoreMy Journey to Publication
How does an idea become a book? In How the Story Found Me and What is your Novel About? I have covered the inspirations behind the idea of the story for Into the World. Here I will outline my process of writing, finding an agent and entering the traditional publishing world. It took me seven…
Read MoreReading Group Questions
Into the World is a story with many themes and ideas perfect for a book club. It deals with guilt, loss, the search for independence, and the power of stepping into the unknown. Here are some questions for a reading group discussion. How important is a sense of wonder and discovery in this book? Did…
Read MoreMy Favourite Authors
Favourite authors? There are too many to count! But I would like to share some of my historical reading delights. One of the joys of finding a book you love is when you discover the author has a whole back list of works to devour. I came to Michelle Lovric with The Book of Human…
Read MoreWhat is your Novel About?
Anyone who has tried writing a synopsis knows how hard it is to distil an entire novel into one page let alone one sentence. Asking what your novel is truly about is one of the hardest questions a writer can ask themselves. For Into the World, I launched into a first draft without knowing the…
Read MoreHow the Story Found Me
I could say that I found the story of Into the World through exploration, through inquisitiveness. When you first move to a new place you want to learn all you can about it. In 2010, I moved to Hobart, Tasmania and I started to explore. I went along the d’Entrecasteaux channel, past Bruny Island, through…
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