I know, I know, it’s been ages since I posted anything, not for lack of want or stories. I have been busy on various projects, and here...

There was a time in Australian society when it was common practice to remove babies at birth from unmarried mothers and give them to...

Remember, almost a year back, when I started a project to re-read my childhood books and write a post about each before culling it? I...

Recently I was surprised and thrilled when contacted by NFReads.com, a general interest website with an "Author Interviews" section...

These beautiful flowers are a gift from my publisher. Yes, you read that right dear readers. In July, Hachette Australia will release my...

I have recently been asked by blogger friend Jolandi, Dreaming in Arabic if I would like to participate in the Writing Tour, which is...

Many months ago, fellow blogger Sandra Danby, asked if I would like to review The Milk of Female Kindness: An Anthology of Honest...

I am not the only “writer in residence” in the complex where I live. My neighbour already has two books published: Blow the Wind...

Cousin C, whose nickname is Smiley, rang me out of the blue the other week. I don’t often hear from him. “How are you?” his warm voice...

I’m baaaaack  . . . I have a theory that as we get older, the brain cells which record time, die – and that is why our lives appear to be...

When I started writing my memoir, now called – I Belong to No One – it was an autobiographical journey through a childhood that had more...