Glittering Literati

What a fabulous two days! I had the honour of chauffeuring Anna Campbell to the Gold Coast Literati Festival, which made for a very entertaining drive. (I perfected my u-turns in the Surfers Paradise streets as google maps led me up ‘no through road’ after ‘no through road.’) I wore my favourite coat – which Continue reading


Get Reading! Half Moon Bay is ‘Ms June’

I’m absolutely delighted that Half Moon Bay is the June book for the Get Reading Programme. It’s wonderful to be part of such a vibrant initiative and thanks to Penguin Australia for helping to make it happen. My year as a Reading Champion in 2012 allowed me to promote reading and literacy so it’s great Continue reading


Pssst! It’s me :-)

Helene’s left us alone for a couple of days so I thought I’d work on raising my profile some more. I’m chatting to Nero and Bunson – the Battistel’s hounds – about being a star! I think Helene better start taking tips from me 🙂 Find us at  : Gabbawrites And here’s another endearing photo Continue reading


Birds of a feather

Age is no barrier to being obsessed with the joy of flying and at this week’s Australia Women Pilot’s Association conference I’ve met some remarkable women both old and young who love being airborne. (And what a bonus, being able to talk aviation for days with a bunch of women! Gold!) Some of the most memorable Continue reading


Half Moon Bay National Tour Dates

My fourth book, HALF MOON BAY, is about to hit the shelves in three weeks and to celebrate Penguin Australia and Get Reading Australia have teamed up to take me on tour! Here are the details with more to come on the Melbourne leg as soon as they are finalised. We kick off on FRIDAY Continue reading


And the winner is??

After much deliberation by Zeus the winner of the Advance Review Copy of HALF MOON BAY is Cath Evans. It took Capt G a while to unstick the winner’s name from Zeus’s nose after the salty sea dog buried his head in the hat! Cath, please send me your postal address and I’ll put it in Continue reading


Where have I been? You work it out!

It’s Zeus here. Yep, I hate to admit it, but Helene lost the plot so it’s up to me to sort out… She ended up so caught up in the journey she forgot to post more “Where’s Zeus” photos for my giveaway. To salvage something from the wreckage here’s the deal. (It’s the least I Continue reading