Love Objects
Love Objects (Allen and Unwin) Emily Maguire’s 2021 novel is about a subject close to my heart. Mental health. Mental health affects most people during their lives, either personally or … Continue reading
Thank you for working toward an equitable and inclusive society
Having just completed a final draft of Simon Goes to Camp, I was hoping the story would no longer be as relevant, having written the last draft in 2018. That’s me … Continue reading
Australian Refugees.
I have read my fair share of WWII novels and watched the odd movie, but I never thought I would actually come to understand how it feels to be separated … Continue reading
Abandoned by your Nation
So, after six failed bookings for Peter to return home, I reached out to my local Member of Parliament Dugald Saunders. As the issue for displaced Australians overseas is a … Continue reading
18th July, 2020
It was great that the Emerging Writers Festival was digital this year. I really enjoyed each and every presenter. However, I have to say that Omar Sakr’s presentation ‘In Poetic … Continue reading
Mudgee Readers’ Festival
Thank you to those that came along to the author talk. It was an intimate affair with a small audience who also bought some copies of Simon Goes to Spain. … Continue reading
Come and see me at Berkelouw Books, Leichhardt.
I’m very proud and very nervous to announce my first author talk at Berkelouw Books, Leichhardt. It will be held in the reading studio upstairs on Tuesday 9th July at … Continue reading
28th May, 2019
My how time has flown! Almost halfway through the year and the marker that tells me I’m another year older! I do hate getting old, most of the time I … Continue reading
31st March, 2019
Well it’s been a while since my last post. I have just finished another edit of Wellworth (hence the cover shot) and it feels close to completion. I have asked … Continue reading
Eila Jameson-Avey 
The Handmaid’s Tale is no longer a dystopian future.
It was some years ago since I read the Handmaid’s Tale and at the time was astonished at Attwood’s perception of the tiny step it would take to go from … Continue reading →