I had the pleasure of having my publisher Sophie Hamley spend a few days in Katherine with me over the Katherine Show. My memoir remains as the No 1 bestseller for Australian memoir for Hachette Australia and has been sitting in the Top 10 for memoir on Booktopia. Read the first chapter of "A Sunburnt Childhood" here. … Read More
Life has been crazy over the past weeks with me being involved in a dance routine with a group of friends, for the Katherine Dance Massive celebration on Territory Day. I think that we, 'The KTown Kougaz' stole the show with a funky routine, blue wigs and silver sequin outfits, sharing stage with the local Hip Hop Group, traditional Indigenous … Read More
People ask me how and where do I write? As a writer of Memoir, I spend a lot of time thinking about my stories, trying to recall times, years, peoples names, the weather, the situation, social occasions, the environment and the landscape. Though I haven't kept diaries I have a large collection of paper clippings, newspapers and newsletters, … Read More
Life takes all sorts of twists and turns. My dream run with my writing continues as I have been offered a contract to write a second book, all be it that the first one took me 14 years to complete, I now have to have an 80,000 word draft in by 1st of October! MMMMmmmm -it is going to take some self discipline. Not one of my strong points! I … Read More
It is about 12 weeks since A Sunburnt Childhood hit the stands and it has been a whirlwind of interviews, book launches and bookshop signings and the development of this website. The book reached # 3 in Dymocks Memoir in the second week and was Hachette Australia #1 for a couple of weeks. It reached #4 in Booktopia and has had reviews in a range … Read More