I am so excited to be rubbing literary shoulders with Jill Jones in the latest issue of Jacaranda Journal. In this gorgeous literary journal you'll find works by some incredible poets as well as my poem, At the Foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. I thought about writing 'including my poems'... Read more →

Complicit: A Visual History of ‘Australia’ Since Invasion is my first foray into what I am calling text art. I've been thinking about Australia's history and the way it and any history warps and shifts over time depending on who is telling the story. When I was in primary school... Read more →

Issue 2, Re, of Mantissa Poetry Review is finally here and it was totally worth the wait! I adore this poetry journal. The physical object itself is a work of art and the poems curated within its pages continue to expand and explode what poetry is and can do. This... Read more →

Shoot the Breeze, this anthology of poetry published by Girls on Key is pretty special to me. Not only does it include one of my poems which is a huge honour, it also contains a poem written by my younger daughter, Miss Twelve. Like most parents, I think my girls... Read more →

Seeing poetry in other languages really excites me. I only speak English with a smattering of German, Spanish and Sinhala (which I cannot read, yet!) so I can't understand the letters I am reading. Nevertheless, my eyes drink in the beauty of those different words while my mind wonders if... Read more →

I am so chuffed that the judges shortlisted my poem, At the Foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, for the Jean Stone Award given by the NSW Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. It's always an amazing moment when your fellow writers see something special in your work and I... Read more →

Eye to the Telescope is an online journal form the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association that has been publishing speculative poetry since 2011. They publish science fiction, fantasy and horror and even pay their authors for their poems! Each issue has a different editor which keeps things fresh and... Read more →

The environment has been on my mind of late. From day to day I don't give it much thought but when I have a moment to be still or quiet, a sense of unease creeps into my thoughts. At times it feels overwhelming, this tide of humanity that has over... Read more →

I'm not sure what is about certain poems. You know the ones - they've got something about them that you feel says something important. So you keep dusting them off and sending them in to journals and competitions hoping that they will find the reader they're looking for. Way back... Read more →

Sometimes a poetry journal comes along and it blows you away. Mantissa Poetry Review is one such journal. I fell completely in love with Issue One. The gorgeous cover and its design. The typography and coloured endpapers. I love everything about it from the lush feel of the velvety matt... Read more →