The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Skin cancer in a multicultural world
Scene: me walking into school. French woman: ‘What have you done to your face?’ Me: ‘Oh, I just had a skin cancer removed.’ French woman: ‘OMG, are you all right? Are you okay? OMG!’ Me: Explains difference between melanoma and … Continue reading
My brilliant career goes (even more) bung
It’s official. I am, career-wise, the unluckiest person you know. I am not simply ‘one of the unluckiest’ or the second unluckiest, or ‘yes, that’s certainly unlucky, but I know someone who…’ unlucky. On your list of ‘People I know … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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This time next week, I will still be gorgeous
I finally got to my dermatologist’s appointment and it turns out that my dermatologist has spent considerable time in Adelaide visiting one of his friends who was working at the Institute for Something Highly Scientific on North Terrace. ‘It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogopera
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I’m crying, but in a good way
I was just fossicking about in my wordpress account and came across a private blog I kept for a few months a few years ago. It has, quite literally, taken my breath away to remember how it was to feel … Continue reading
One thing I don’t understand
I watched, via twitter, the build up to, and the passing of, the civil union legislation in Queensland. I felt bloody good about it really. For reasons. But there’s one thing by which I am utterly perplexed. Julia Gillard’s position … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches
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