Top 5 favourite book covers
I’m in awe of how designers can create a book cover that captures the essence of the whole book. It’s a kind of magic because the best book covers become part of the story itself.
Nothing breaks like a heart
The first time I was asked out on a date is when I was around 17. I was working a summer job at a small jewellery store. A guy summoned up the guts to come into the store and ask me out. I said no, which sounds kind of mean. In my defence I did have a …
Journey to Olkola Country: post script
I wrote the Journey to Olkola Country blog post in September 2019, just as Queensland faced its first outbreak of major bushfires for the season. Punchbowl lagoon, on Olkola Country, Cape York With summer (technically) months away and more than 60% of Queensland in drought at the time, there was no rain on the horizon. …
Misadventures in Cape York, Queensland, 1983
Originally cut into the Cape York wilderness as a service access track for the Cairns Regional Electricity Board, the CREB Track is for experienced 4WD enthusiasts keen to test themselves on the track’s treacherous and often slippery terrain. It’s not for idiots.
Vampires, Disneyland and childhood dreams
Resurrecting a long-buried ambition back from the dead is a wonderful thing. Especially when you’re not sure how it got buried in the first place. I didn’t want to be a writer when I grew up A lot of writers say they always knew they wanted to be a writer from a very early age. …
The great pyjama rebellion
I liked to push boundaries at the Catholic girls’ high school I went to. I argued about religion, politics, social justice, freedom of speech – pretty much anything that I could question, I did. But I didn’t expect that a simple idea to dress in pyjamas on a free dress day would end up being …