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Travels with my friends. A booklover's trip to Europe. Part 2.
My thoughts on Garner's The Spare Room and Franzen's Freedom Last time I wrote about the books I took to Italy: Jasper Jones and In Office Hours. But the story doesn’t end there. So to continue......
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Why I love my new book. It’s for the most unexpected reasons.
This is my new book, out in Australia late this month. It’s a collaborative effort with two other authors: Seana Smith, my partner-in-crime on the Australian Autism Handbook, and Catherine Knox, a...
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Are novelists control freaks?
What I have in common with PD James. My eldest son is studying crime fiction for his final school exams. This is my fantasy—imagine being allowed to read Agatha Christie novels or watch Rear Window...
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A night with Mr Franzen
Jonathan Franzen at Sydney Opera House September 2011 A few posts ago I wrote about my love affair with Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Freedom, but remarked that the author himself had a somewhat...
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When I grow up I want to write like...
I once read an article where an author —for the life of me I can’t remember whom— said this, or to finish his sentence: When I grow up I want to write like Peter Carey. Personally, I don’t want to...
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Does the semicolon have a place in fiction?
Chip was a tall, gym-built man with crow’s-feet and sparse butter-yellow hair; if the girl had noticed him, she might have thought he was a little too old for the leather he was wearing. Jonathan...
View ArticleChristmas reflections - What sort of writer do you want to be?
I’ve been a bit slack with my blog writing lately, being the silly season and all, but I’ve been woken (way too) early on Christmas Day by my youngest and now have some time to kill. So here goes....
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Falling out of love with your WIP
Sometimes the novel we need to write won't come easily Last year I mentioned that I read and loved Jasper Jones, a wise and funny coming-of-age novel set in Western Australia in the 1960s, written by...
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The good oil on Australian publishing success
Which Australian books will publishers be looking for in 2012. A couple of Sundays ago I attended a seminar at the NSW Writers’ Centre, organised by Irina Dunn of the Australian Writers’ Network. It...
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Letters from the front line - an ANZAC writing legacy
My grandfather's letter from Gallipoli On the 17th August we were transhipped into a small steamer and packed down below...we steamed across and arrived at Anzac Cove about midnight. We could see the...
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The complete handbook for emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and early parenthood.
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The essential resource guide for autism spectrum disorder.
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Most of the time my work as a professional medical writer occurs behind the scenes, but when the mood takes me, I occasionally like to get on my soapbox. My opinion pieces on spirituality and cancer,...
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I’m the author of books on autism and motherhood, and sometime novelist. I love science and good writing and occasionally manage to combine the two.
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The essential resource guide for autism spectrum disorder in Australia and New Zealand.
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