When catching the fish isn’t the real prize

One of the tiny pleasures of spending so much time on flights being repositioned to different bases as a passenger, rather than working as the operating crew, is being able to watch movies. On today’s flight home the movie was ‘Salmon Fishing in The Yemen‘ and what a delight! I’ve always had a soft spot Continue reading


Gordonvale Visit

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Gordonvale Library to chat to readers as part of National Year of Reading 2012. Thanks to Sal and her team for looking after me so well. It was lovely to meet some of their regulars library goers. I also met Wendy Maddocks who wrote the Continue reading


Alliance Forged

What kind of a host am I?? I invite Kylie Griffin to my blog and then go out and forget to leave the welcome mat out… My sincere apologies. I feel especially lousy as Kylie is such a wonderful supporter of other writers and does an amazing job of showcasing different genres over on her Continue reading


Polocross has come to town!

There’s something compelling about a field full of horses charging around in pursuit of a ball. Add in a beautiful North Queensland winter’s day and the Polocross at Trinity Beach was a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Not sure who won – can’t even pretend to know the rules – but there was Continue reading


A Rural Writer’s Life

Please welcome Mandy Magro to the blog today. A fellow Penguin Australia author, Mandy’s new book, JACARANDA, has hit the shelves and I’m sure it will be a roaring success as was her debut novel, Rosalee Station. Looking forward to reading it very soon! Over to you, Mandy 🙂 Hi Helene, it’s so lovely to Continue reading