ENTRIES CLOSED: Melton City Libraries Writing Competition
While I couldn’t visit Melton City Libraries as planned (thanks, Covid), I could whip up this video to help aspiring entrants kickstart their creativity. The short story competition is a great...
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Literary Lockdown 2021
With cities coming in and out of lockdown, the second half of 2021 is going to be a little different this year. But just because it’s different, doesn’t mean it can’t be something incredible. What...
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You Come Out
What I love most about being a touring author is reflecting on my life experiences — the ones that inspire books, and the ones that don’t — to answer teens’ questions about where they’re at in their...
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Inheritance
Week two and I haven’t abandoned steady posting … Let’s celebrate that! Here’s a new memoir piece. Hope you enjoy. Inheritance Yiayia Filyo introduced me to the idea of inheritance. Not because she...
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Ben
I reckon these intros are gonna get shorter and shorter until they’re just: Here! Have at it! Ben Ben arrived in year two, but our friendship wasn’t immediate. Not that there was any animosity … Okay,...
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What I Wanted
Here! Have at it! (With apologies to the year six cohort of 2000). What I Wanted My year six teacher waged a war on uninspiring words. One afternoon, he set his sights on got, popped it in the centre...
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On dreams and new books
Allen & Unwin rejected my first novel when I was 16. I still have the letter somewhere. It was printed on fancy paper, almost like cardboard, but that wasn’t what made it worth keeping. After...
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COVER REVEAL: We Could Be Something
We Could Be Something is coming on May 2. That means, one, it’s up for pre-order now, and two, I’m no longer at risk of leaking the gorgeous cover designed by Astred Hicks, because it’s all over the...
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A family affair
I’m seventeen. I barrel down the staircase and burst into the kitchen, short of breath. Mum has friends over (I don’t remember who, sorry). She asks what’s wrong. “Nothing, I… got an email.” I’ve read...
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We Could Be Something is out!
My book tour is over! Love that for me. Just a quick thank you to everybody who has embraced the new novel so warmly. It means the world. There is so much of me in We Could Be Something. Mum. Yiayia....
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