Author of Matia (UWAP, 2024) Winner of the 2025 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for an Emerging Writer
A podcast and newsletter that I really enjoy is Something to Eat and Something to Read hosted by food writer Sophie Hansen and bibliotherapist Germaine Leece. It's a monthly podcast and fortnightly newsletter all about and celebrating cooking, reading and reading about cooking. Sophie recently read and recommended
I was so honoured to speak at the first of the 2026 Literary Lyceums at the Karrakatta Club on Tuesday 3 February 2026. Thank you to Marina Valmadre and Anita Clayton for inviting me to give a presentation about Matia and my multi-generational inspiration and journey behind the novel. I
Happy New Year to all… My first event for 2026 is the Mandurah Readers’ and Writers’ Festival. Details are below and link to book is here. I hope to see you there. 📚Mandurah Readers’ & Writers’ Festival 2026📚 Day two of the Mandurah Readers’ & Writers’ Festival 2026 starts with
In 2025, Matia took me to so many places including: * visiting sixteen Perth book clubs; * events with the Centre for Stories, the State Library of WA, Nedlands Library, Kwinana Library, the Lane Bookshop and ABC Perth; * Sydney for the Greek-Australian Writers Festival; * Melbourne for a Q&A at Readings
I worked as a commercial lawyer for a very long time, so I was thrilled to be invited to speak on the Outlaws Podcast, hosted by lawyers Kate Offer and Shayla Strapps about unlearning the rules of work and worth. Home - Outlaws PodcastOutlaws Podcast is real career talk for
