October 2021 ACT libraries are so much fun. And best of all, you don't even need to be there to be part of the activities. Beside being...

August 2021 During lockdown schools were closed. The usual joy of visiting kids became another non event. But that didn't stop the fun...

May 2021 As an author I love to attend conferences. Learning and discovering is one of my favourite things. There is always something new...

May 2021 Ambassador visit. It is a great pleasure to be an ambassador for the Chief Minister's Reading Challenge. Each year I visit ACT...

Late December 2020 I submitted a mid-grade manuscript to Storytorch Press. http://www.storytorch.com.au As is the life of an author,...

February 2021 2021 kicked off with crime related bookings. No surprises...who doesn't love a nice murder to investigate? Checklist- 1. ...

So much for being a writer. It seems I love words and creating but I'm not very good at doing blog posts. My excuse? Hmmm.. 1. An alien...

February 7 was a very exciting day. I was actually teaching a Children's Writing Course at CIT when the awards were announced that...

Late 2019 I was asked to be a judge for ARTS ACT Book of the Year Awards. Now how could I say no? This meant I got to read lots and lots...

2020 isn't a year I expected. It's gone to hell in a hand basket! We had already spent the last few weeks of December 2019 wrapped in the...

I had such good intentions to keep adding to my blog but...I didn't. It seems with the many end of year events I found myself caught up...

I'm sure people who were visiting the NLA were wondering who the loud, talkative group of people were that filled the cafe. It was just a...

Fabulous writing moments have just kept coming all through August and have kept me busy. The Canberra Writers Festival is a huge event...

Who doesn't love a bookshop! Not me, I love books and bookshops. So on Love Your Bookshop Day I simply had to help Harry Hartog Woden...

I can't begin to tell you how much I love my role as Ambassador for the Chief Minister's Reading Challenge. Each year I get to visit...

On a freezing winter's day, (and there was sleet) with the temperature hovering at 6 degrees, I rugged up and set off to Harry Hartog...

Day 1 London May 2019 What a thrilling moment for me as an author seeing my new book Leaping Lola and the new print release of Max Meets...

In the past week there's been loads of good news coming in with Leaping Lola. I'm so thrilled I'm dancing around in excitement too....

It seems as a writer, one of my shortcomings is updating and posting to my blog :) but of course, I've been busy writing- books. Now on...

Hello and welcome to my new website and blog. As a writer and creator of stories I love to sit and fill blank pages with the ideas...