Hopefully Dr Helen Young from The School of Communications, University of Western Sydney has a sense of humour. Her erudite article on the pitfalls of Intellectual property and copy write laws in Australia appeared in this morning’s Sydney Morning Herald complete with a photo of me! Her article deals with a subject close to any writer’s Continue reading
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Order out of chaos
With two new bookcases, measuring 4×4, the house has re-emerged from under my books… That’s means I can buy some more 🙂
Tamworth Library Visit
Yesterday we hopped on a Dash 8 and flew from Sydney to Tamworth. (It was a little strange being a passenger rather than sitting up the pointy end…) Feeling very spoilt after our lovely evening in Camden, we were ready to spend the day mellowing out in Tamworth and that’s exactly what we did. We strolled Continue reading
Camden Library Lovers Day
Receiving emails from readers who’ve enjoyed Wings of Fear (Border Watch) has been one of the unexpected joys of my publishing journey. Last night I found another one – library visits! Graham and I flew down to Sydney then drove out to Camden for a library talk. It was a lovely intimate gathering with people Continue reading
My favourite time of day
Fly, be free
Shattered Sky has been released. We had a fabulous party at Glaskins Gallery on Friday night. Garry, Lyn, Jason, Karen and Chrissie were wonderful hosts, as they were last year. Kerstin and Lexi from Collins Booksellers at Smithfield set up a lovely display of Shattered Sky and Wings of Fear (Border Watch). Chris Chua’s beautiful Continue reading
Sense of place
Today I’m blogging over at Tote Bag ‘n’ Blogs. I’m talking about home and why a strong sense of place is important in my stories. Come and drop by Tote Bag ‘n’ blogs for a chat! Get the Tote Bags ‘n’ Blogs widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More Continue reading
Cosmetic Surgery?
Writers on Rafts
The amazing folk at the Queensland Writers Centre were washed out of their new home in the State Library by the rising tide of the Brisbane River. Undaunted, and working from temporary offices, they’ve put together a fund raiser for the QLD Flood appeal. The list of prizes is huge with over 150 well known Continue reading
Love Books!
Ever wondered about Book Sellers and what motivates them, what keeps them going when the book industry seems such hardwork? Today I have Nicola Pitt of Love Books as my guest. She’s based in rural Australia, but that hasn’t stopped her becoming a growing force in the book world. Nicola who is Love Books? Tell Continue reading