In My Library: The House of Memories by Monica McInerney
Monica’s latest book Last night I finished reading Monica McInerney’s latest book, The House of Memories. I was a tad nervous about reading this book–sad subjects are really not my preferred storyline....
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day – Inspirational Women in Literature
Fan girl moment This weekend is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, my publishers, Allen & Unwin, invited me to write a piece on a woman in literature (either author or character) who has...
View ArticleMy Justification for a Personal Assistant
Recently, I was lying in bed, awake, when I was hit with the 2 am terrors. I had stuffed up. Big time. You’ve had that happen, haven’t you? You did something a while back and your subconscious takes...
View ArticleRandom Acts of Fairy God-people
MGB Michael Gerard Bauer, I’m looking at you. On my (rather excessively long) journey to publication, I’ve had some fairy god-people types appear every now and then. The most obvious of which was...
View ArticleHow to Write a Book (for those who want to, but have a hundred excuses not to).
Consider this post both a gentle, supportive hug, and also a loving butt kick. I’ve had too many conversations in the past month with beautiful, talented, creative women that go something like this:...
View ArticleUpdated: Authors for Farmers
Authors for Farmers Giant Raffle 100 Books on Offer with money going to Buy a Bale Buy tickets here 1st prize: 75 books by Australian authors 2nd prize: 15 books by Australian authors + $30 Dymocks...
View ArticleBook Club with Monica McInerney and ‘The Godmothers’
**Edit update: Due to unforeseen personal events, Monica has had to cancel her appearance at this event. We hope to catch up with Monica next time around ** You’re invited to join myself and a panel...
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