News
2023
Working on a memoir of her first twenty years based on colour slides.
2022
Worked on the novel 'Healing Powers,' about a GP>
2021
Entered the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Awards for a first published collection by a woman.
2020
'Healing Powers' continued.
Began a new essay, 'Pain in a time of Covid', about having shingles in the winter.
2019
'Conversion,' an essay published in St Mark's Review, November 2019
'A genetic Unitarian,' an essay published in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no 47.
'Joan Sutherland,' a piece published in Meanjin, Summer.
'Home away from home: the curious case of diplomats,' an essay published in the Journal of the Association for the Study of australian Literature.
2018
Essay on #metoo 'Put your hand in my pocket' sent off to find a home.
Latest novel 'Entertaining Strangers' out looking for a publisher.
A new novel, 'Healing Powers' underway.
2017
Writing a new novel, 'Entertaining Strangers'
And a new essay, ' A genetic Unitarian' .
2016
'Wire, and again wire,' new essay accepted by Antipodes for 2017.
'Feeling exile' essay, in Island, December 2016.
New suite of four poems about Port Willunga, 3 September 2016 in The Weekend Australian.
2015
Finishing a new essay. Finishing a novel. Writing poetry.
2014
With fellow writers, Georgia Blain and Dorothy Johnston I judged the Barbara Jefferis Award:
https://www.asauthors.org/barbara-jefferis-award-winners-2014
2013
The Nature Conservancy Australia Essay Prize
In March 2013 I was short-listed and commended for this essay prize in nature writing for my essay, 'Flaneur in Canterbury'.
Read it here:
http://www.natureaustralia.org.au/news/australia-nature-writing-prize-winner.xml
Novel in draft: 'The flight into Egypt'
2012
Second film
2011
Monologue for 'When the dreams'
Monologue for a short experimental film by Felix Barbalet, 'When the dreams' which was shortlisted and publicly screened in March 2011 as part of the Lights! Canberra! Action! festival.