I’d been travelling for over a week by the time I arrived at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writer's Centre (KSP), and I’d be travelling again once I left, so arriving in my cabin – Aldridge, felt even more of a gift than I’d imagined. As I unpacked, I gave thanks I had this lovely space, …
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The sky is singing as I walk along the breakwall. Saltwater droplets hit my face and my hair whips around my head. A group of artists wait in sunlight near the gate. Poets, photographers, artists, musicians. Two writers are perched on what appears to be a giant pencil. It seems a good omen. In the …
"I suddenly saw the world from an entirely different perspective," Cate Blanchett said of reading my story "Better Homes and Gardens". Cate Blanchett, along with former Governor General Quentin Bryce, was talking about the stories in the new Hope Anthology published by Simon and Schuster. "It's very easy for us to turn our heads away …
Continue reading Cate Blanchett and Quentin Bryce comment on my story, ‘Better Homes and Gardens’
Thank you to the Hunter Writers Centre and Newcastle Council for the inaugural Newcastle Short Story Prize. I've been very jealous of the poetry people with their prestigious (not to mention financially rewarding) prize, so it was good to see us short story writers finally get a go. Thanks also to Marion Halligan and Ryan …
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