Hello to a new Hello from the Gillespies
A treat in the post: my first copies of the new Australian edition of Hello from the Gillespies have just arrived. I love this new cover – I can almost…
Read MoreHappy Middle Child’s Day
Warm greetings to any fellow middle children (I’m the middle of seven) who know how it feels to occupy that important/overlooked/ignored position in the family. I’d be celebrating but no…
Read MoreA quizzical question from my Mum
My Mum emailed from South Australia yesterday to ask if I could help her with the answer to question 12 in the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper’s daily quiz. “Who wrote the…
Read MoreA return to County Mayo
I’m just back from a few days in County Mayo in the beautiful west of Ireland, one of the settings for Hello from the Gillespies. This time last year I…
Read MoreBook bags and bookish stories
Is there such a thing as too many book bags? (No.) Especially when each one comes with its own story. The bag from the Hobart Bookshop in Tasmania? I was living in…
Read MoreA letter to fate or destiny…
Do you believe in fate or destiny? Here’s my tale of three near misses, my contribution to AIRMAIL, the latest Women of Letters anthology, curated by Michaela McGuire and Marieke…
Read MoreGuten Tag, Gillespies!
Guten Tag! I’m very happy to give my German friends a sneak preview of the cover for the German edition of HELLO FROM THE GILLESPIES, with its new title, DAS…
Read MoreBlank pages in Hello from the Gillespies
A note about the blank pages in Hello from the Gillespies.
Read MoreBooktopia’s Top Ten Australian Authors
Thank you for voting me into Booktopia’s Top Ten Australian Authors!
Read MoreTop Ten Winter Reads
A review from the Huffington Post for Hello from the Gillespies.
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