Author of Matia (UWAP, 2024) Winner of the 2025 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for an Emerging Writer
I’m so honoured to be the recipient of a 2026 Association for the Study of Australian Literature/Copyright Agency Writer's Fellowship. Thank you so much to ASAL, the Copyright Agency and Austlit. I can’t wait to contribute to this program. Also congratulations to the other 2026
This week I’m sending out my email newsletter. There’s lots of news, book recommendations and what I’m looking forward to reading in the coming months. I also have two signed copies of Matia to giveaway to email subscribers (Aus/NZ only). You can sign up here if
I’m so delighted to be interviewing NYT Bestselling author Natasha Lester about her new novel The Chateau on Sunset. It's a Lane Bookshop event on Thursday 9 April at 6pm at the Claremont Yacht Club. You can book tickets here.
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
