Unusual publication deal includes $20,000 in donations
Our publishing deal for So Far, So Good was a bit unusual – it included substantial donations to Indigenous-led charities. Pantera Press have issued a media release about it, which I’ve included in full below. Do you have thoughts? I’d love to hear them. Leave a comment, below, and let me know. Pantera Foundation donates…
So Far, So Good – Publication Day!
Today our book is officially out in the world. Three years ago today (yes, exactly today – I checked!) Aaron and I started talking about working together on this project. I can’t tell you if this book is any good – that’s for others to say – but I can tell you that I gave…
Patricia Wrightson – all about erasure
As a young reader, Patricia Wrightson was one of my favourite authors. But in this short piece I wrote for the Australian Women Writers Challenge, I reevaluate Wrightson’s use of Indigenous culture. Drawing on Aboriginal stories and culture, Wrightson’s fictional spirit characters held all the power and mystery of 60,000 years of Dreaming – power…
And what does an editor do, exactly?
This isn’t, of course, a question I can answer. I’m not an editor. But I can tell you something about what it is like to be edited. And the short answer is: it’s wonderful. For my next book, So Far So Good, I’ve been working closely with Pantera Publishing’s Senior Editor Anne Reilly and she…