Reading
October 4, 2025
It’s been a while since I participated in Six Degrees of Separation, in which Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest offers the name of the book and fellow readers link it to six other titles in any way our mind makes connections. But it’s always fun, and I enjoy reading the chains of other participants, so I’ve been […]
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August 5, 2025
I first met author Michael Trant through Twitter in the years before it became a bin fire and changed its name, when a group of us were waking up to write at 5 am. I don’t think any of us are actually at our desk that early in the morning these days, but we still […]
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March 31, 2025
I’m really excited to introduce you to Emily Paull, whose novel The Distance Between Dreams is out in the world this week. Emily Paull is a Western Australian librarian, author and book reviewer. Having formerly worked in bookselling, Emily is an avid reader and a big supporter of the WA writing community who regularly moderates […]
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January 4, 2025
Welcome back to a new year of 6 Degrees of Separation, where book lovers across the world start with the same title (thanks to Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest). We then create links to six other books and see where we all end up. The first book of the year is the 2024 Booker Prize winning novel, […]
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December 31, 2024
I am delighted to share with you my recent conversation with Amanda Viviers, an author, speaker, writing coach and retreat facilitator – among a myriad other personal and professional roles that contribute to the wonderful human being she is. I first met Amanda on a retreat a number of years ago, and have been fortunate […]
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November 5, 2024
In mid-October 2024, Australian author Tess Woods and her incredible team pulled off an extraordinary day of panel discussion panels with authors of genre fiction. This included speculative fiction, crime, romance, children’s books and historical fiction. It was such an inspiring day, both as a reader and a writer. Word is that next year the […]
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