One city. Seven hours. Eight bookstores. Hachette Australia book rep Kathie took me on a tour of Brisbane’s bookstores. I was starstruck in Avid Reader in West End… it’s hard not to be as the staff are famous writers! Here I am with Chris Currie (The Ottoman Motel) and Krissy Kneen (Steeplechase)… and a really…
I held my own writer’s retreat this past weekend. My husband took the kids to his mother’s house in Braidwood, which is a small country town just outside of Canberra. I was planning to go but I had an appointment. They had a great four days playing with her three dogs, swimming in the river,…
Lately I have come across many friends who are taking holidays in Tasmania. They always ask me to recommend interesting places to visit, and for tips that only Tasmanians would know. Here are the places I would include if I was doing a driving tour of the island. Don’t expect to sit in the…
My beloved cat Jet died yesterday morning, at about 9.15am. He was run over by a car out the front of our house. I’m still in shock that he has gone. I was having coffee with some of the school mums when my neighbour phoned me with this terrible news. She said something has happened…
I knew my book was being released at some point during this week in the USA but I wasn’t sure exactly when. It was a pleasant surprise when my cousin Jason, who lives in Minnesota, Facebooked me some pics of him buying Bay of Fires in the Eden Prairie Barnes and Noble bookstore. It was…
On Saturday, as I was rehearsing my speech before the book launch for the final time, the courier who usually parks over my driveway while he delivers parcels to my neigbour ran up my garden path carrying three large boxes. They had the Little, Brown sticker on them – I knew straight away what they…