ALL WRITING

The place of doubt begins at a spot in the universe with a certain physicality: a dam where the boys tragically drowned.

They walk up the road from the beach, a new mother and new grandmother together. Criss-crossing cirrus clouds stream across blue heavens, foreshadowing wind ...

'Journeys to the interior' examines the palpable sense of country that distinguishes Northern Australia. He captures this subjective feeling as an apprehension, a kind of fear that is also an ‘exaltation, urgency, the dread that comes from being at the core of life’

The rain enters the dream as snow. Something tangible falls into my world...

Life, death and changing times

Crazy Rich Asians was our book club reading for March. I was slow to get started. My daughter said it was a quick read and made her...

Twelve roses bob by the harbour wall, Still bunched, red as blood in the swell. A gift. Emotion made real Heaving, falling, drowning,...

Songlines, a 2020 Christmas present, was a fascinating read when my focus was on the short-term events, like the COVID disaster and the...

It’ feels strange to retire from a lifetime of university work, especially when I’m still busy with research projects and research...

Into the Wonnangatta - Halloween 2019 Grey sky above snow grass plain. Muggy wind Blows across endless trees, stretching horizons. Jinxed...

Set in the 1960s, 'The White Girl' shows how a feisty First Nation grandma and her granddaughter avoid the Aborigines Protection Act 1909, which threatens to make the granddaughter a ward of the state. This is a beautiful portrait of First Nation communities and how connection means strength.

Whooho. The book proposal was submitted yesterday on 2 September 2020. Photo: michael-mouritz-WXX_DhjlmD4-unsplash.jpg It’s about teacher...