August 10, 2017

Media in Ireland

I’m now counting down the hours until the Dublin launch tonight of the Irish edition of The Trip of a Lifetime. If you’re nearby, please do come and join us…

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August 8, 2017

Love Your Bookshop Day

I’m back in Dublin but I’m still cheering loudly for Australian bookshops! This Saturday, 12th August, is Love Your Bookshop Day in Australia. Bookshops across the country are throwing a…

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August 5, 2017

A Memory From Home

I’ve just landed back in Dublin, as memories of my Dad & South Australian childhood are published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Melbourne today. You can…

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August 4, 2017

Welcome back…

Hello again, Ireland!

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August 3, 2017

I like to think Dad’s fingerprints are still on it

I’m a superstitious writer. When I’m working on a novel, I develop rituals and collect objects that become talismans. The desk in my Dublin attic is crowded with ornaments and…

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August 3, 2017

The Trip of a Lifetime… in France!

Thank you VERY much, Catriona Rowntree, for taking my Trip of a Lifetime on a trip to beautiful France!

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July 30, 2017

Tour Highlight: Clare Railway Station

I loved every minute of my big Australian book tour but one special highlight for me was being back in my home place of the Clare Valley of South Australia…

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July 29, 2017

Five Places That Made Me

My travel article about the five places that changed my life (the Clare Valley, London, Hanoi, New York & Ireland) is in The Age & Sydney Morning Herald today. You…

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July 28, 2017

Five Places That Changed My Life

CLARE VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA I grew up here, leaving aged 17 to work in Adelaide (as wardrobe girl on Here’s Humphrey.) From there, I moved to London, Sydney, Melbourne, Ireland. In…

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July 28, 2017

Interview with Channel 7

I officially finished my Australian book tour in Melbourne with a fast and fun interview on Channel 7’s Daily Edition program – if you’d like to see it, here’s the…

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