A Well-Travelled Bag
Have bag, will travel! Last year, Bronwyn Chalke of the Hobart Bookshop in Tasmania not only gave me (and my Marcie Gill books) a warm welcome, she also gave me…
Read MoreThe Godmothers…In Italy
A Happy Publication Day message to myself today! The Italian edition of The Godmothers, LE MADRINE, is available now, published by Fazi Editore. So lovely to see Dean Proudfoot’s special…
Read MoreA Marvellous Teacher
Fifty years ago, my grade 4 teacher at St Joseph’s in Clare, South Australia, Sister Margaret Mary Murphy, asked each of us to write a short book over the school…
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Happy End of 2022, everyone! Thanks so much for all your lovely comments and messages this year about my social media posts, Irish & Australian photo galleries and my books,…
Read MoreUnveiling A Statue Of…Me!
Hello from my hometown of Clare, South Australia, after one of the most special evenings of my life – the official unveiling on the Riesling Trail of a sculpture depicting…
Read MoreA New Journalist On The Scene
Hotshot student journalist Dominic McInerney (also my beloved nephew!) has put together a great news story previewing the unveiling of a sculpture of me this Friday November 11th on the…
Read MoreA Very Special Trip To Come
Clare Valley, here I come! I’m delighted to share that I’m making a flying trip back to South Australia in November for a very special reason. I’m touched and honoured…
Read MoreThe Godmothers Reviewed
My warmest thanks from Dublin to American book blogger Lorraine Kleinwaks of Enchanted Prose for her lovely review of The Godmothers, published in the USA last week. “Once named Australia’s…
Read MoreUSA Publication Day For The Godmothers
I am delighted to announce that The Godmothers is out in the USA this week. Thank you so much to Welbeck Publishing US for these glorious flowers to mark the day!…
Read MoreGeorge Joins Book Week
Earlier this year I was delighted to receive these photos of 9-year-old booklover Hannah in Melbourne, reading my first children’s book Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat to her…
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