Podcasts: my bookish faves
Full confession: I’ve fallen in love with podcasts. And I think it’s going to be a lasting relationship. For the uninitiated, a podcast is like your favourite radio program, only there are usually multiple episodes and you can play it whenever you like. In fact most popular radio programs also are available in podcast form….
Beautiful, beautiful blurbs
So the blurbs for my book have arrived. I can’t begin to explain how pleased, grateful and – well – humbled I’m feeling. So I’ll stop explaining, and let you read them for yourself. ‘The triumphs and trials of Elizabeth Macarthur, a capable business woman and dedicated wife and mother, are given their due in…
Does an emerging writer need an agent?
Well of course I’m going to say yes, because I HAVE AN AGENT!!!! Just signed a contract with Jacinta di Mase Management. Cue the happy, happy dance. And yes, signing with Jacinta was a direct result of my participation in the HardCopy program last year. Jacinta represents over 50 authors including feminist commentator Clementine Ford,…
Stella Prize Longlist 2016
It was standing room only in the Spiegeltent tonight, at the launch of the Stella Sparks campaign and the announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize longlist. Seven wonderful Australian writers (of fiction and non-fiction, prose and songs) each spoke to the assembled literati about Australian women writers that have inspired, provoked and moved them. Carrie…