Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2016

I was lucky enough to spend the last week of October in Bali, for the fourteenth annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Bali truly…

How to Become a Writer: Rashida Murphy

Welcome to How to Become a Writer, a series on the many and varied steps (and missteps) people take on the way to having their…

This list of my favourite childhood books is inspired by Kate Forsyth, who celebrated her 50th birthday by writing a list of 50…

It’s no secret that Australian writers today struggle to make ends meet. According to a study published last year by Macquarie University, most…

My guest on this edition of How to Become a Writer* is the inimitable Ryan O’Neill, who found his way to writing via…

My writing comes from my questions, my fears, my compulsions, my wishes. Where does yours come from?

My novel Monkey See features a trio of unlikely heroes, one of whom is Danior, a jaded, cocaine-addicted gambler, who’ll pawn his best…

Welcome to the third instalment of How to Become a Writer, my series on the many and varied steps (and missteps) people take on…

A very tiny taste of my work-in-progress Monkey See. I’m STILL editing but I’m confident this section won’t end up on the cutting…