News and Events

Below is a list of news about my writing and upcoming events

In conversation with Lucy Neave at Harry Hartog, Canberra

An article about the background to Out of the Woods in the Sydney Morning Herald

Out of the Woods on 2SER’s Final Draft

Words on the Waves Workshop

Appearing at Addi Road Writers’ Festival on 17 May 2025

Out of the Woods – launch at Gleebooks on 4 April 2025

Craft Work – my monthly newsletter on writing craft, now available on Substack

Writing a Novel Online Faber Academy 2025

Arabella’s Ark receives runner-up prize in Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship

Crafting Short Stories at Writing NSW in November 2024

The Crying Room listed for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction

Interview with Joy Lawn at Paperbark Words

Interview with Kate Evans on ABC RN Books Extra

In Rome from December 2023-February 2024

The Crying Room on ABC’s Breakfast TV with Colson Whitehead, Claire Kilroy and Emily Perkins

Listen to me talk about Anne Enright on ABC Radio National’s The Book Shelf

Crafting Short Stories at NSW Writers Centre, 28 October 2023

Faber Academy Writing a Novel Info Session for 2024

The Crying Room Launch

Blake Beckett Scholarship, Australian Society of Authors, Shortlisting, 2022

Writing a Novel, Faber Academy, 2023

The Crying Room out in 2023

Crafting Short Stories, NSW Writers’ Centre

Writing a Novel, Faber Academy, with Margo Lanagan, 2022

Blake-Beckett Scholarship, Australian Society of Authors, Shortlisting, 2021

Writing Resilience Workshops September-October 2021

Start to Write, Faber Academy, 10, 11, 12 November 2020