Anybody can improve their writing. Good writing is a combination of mechanics and artistry. This short course provides some fundamental steps that can improve your writing dramatically. From short notes and emails to long proposals or submissions, you can learn how to get better outcomes with written communication.
No Crazy Lady here—Rosie Waterland’s clear-eyed reckoning of her life
My review of Rosie Waterland's Every lie I've ever told is up at the Newtown Review of Books now.
Anything is possible, Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge, is an author of piercing insight. Many a religious and philosophical tome has been written on moral righteousness but in her slim books, Strout’s characters show us how to live a good life.
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Digital respite—the power of solitude
Why do we fear solitude? Sinking into our own thoughts, without distraction, can be a saviour.
Newtown Review of Books
I wrote a review of Nike Sulway's beautiful book, Dying in the first person, for the Newtown Review of Books. Published today. NRB is a fabulous publication for all people who love books. And it's from my favourite part of Sydney. I'm hoping to keep writing for them, so stay tuned.
Nike Sulway on the changing face of publishing
This interview was first published in an edited form in the May 2017 edition of the Jessie Street National Women's Library newsletter. Publishing, the production and dissemination of books and the written word has been turned on its head by the digital revolution. I had the opportunity to talk with Dr Nike Sulway, an author …
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We need to talk about depression
We need to talk about mental health. I have just read Rosie Waterland’s book, The anti-cool girl, which captures the half-life of a person with mental illness with such precision. Amidst the laugh out loud moments of life as a ‘houso’ in North Ryde, the pressing, the closing in, the self-sabotage resonates. It needs to be read, widely.
Self-publish?
The digital age has turned publishing on its head. Writers now have more options than ever before to get their voices out into the world. A writer can now publish a book professionally, find a respectable readership and be reviewed in mainstream media, all without the imprimatur of a publishing house. Whether or not they …
Taekwondo: a discipline for life
My taekwondo school, the Australian Martial Arts Academy, has been in operation for 35 years this month. I've been training there for six years and have a few ideas about its staying power. I was asked recently whether taekwondo gave me a ‘workout’. The quick answer is yes! But you can answer that question on a …
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