intermittently award-winning writer
I finally got to wear a silly outfit and receive my PhD on Thursday 4th September 2025 at Curtin University. This wouldn t have happened without the efforts of my supervisors David Whish-Wilson (pictured here in the middle) and Anne Ryden, who were unfailingly kind and helpful to me on my PhD journey. Thanks also to my lovely [ ]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing my Milestone 3 presentation for my PhD at Curtin, which is in its final stages before it goes off to be examined. Apparently I looked a bit exhausted, and certainly I m feeling weary today, but I wouldn t have made it this far without my supervisors David Whish-Wilson (pictured [ ]
On August 8th 2024, I was lucky enough to receive the Greg Crombie Postgraduate Work of the Year Award at Curtin University for my essay Pardoned to Serve His Majesty by Sea : the life of George Briggs. The essay was earlier published in the Van Diemen Land Anthology 2023, but now it appears as an appendix [ ]
‘A cracking tale that closely follows the historical context’ —Aunty Patsy Cameron ‘I am George Baggs, wrenched from the cradle of my birthing and flung across the sea to this infernal place at the mercy of a pitiless wind … a place where the western winds howl ceaselessly and rain pours down in sheets from [ ]
I am lucky enough to have a non-fiction piece, Helicopter Parents , in this new release from Night Parrot Press, Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs. This is the first ever collection of micro memoirs (750 words or fewer) by WA writers. Night Parrot Press have been doing amazing work over the past few years and really presenting [ ]
On April 13th I will be attending the York Writers Festival and appearing in conversation with WritingWA s Will Yeoman. It looks like a really interesting program across the whole weekend and I am looking forward to meeting all who attend. The winners of the Wheatbelt Short Story Competition will also be announced on the 13th. [ ]
My non-fiction piece The Off-Site Program will shortly appear in this anthology from Affirm Press see blurb below. An anthology about the power of teachers and their capacity to shape lives, edited by award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley of Children s Book Daily and the Your Kid s Next Read podcast. Featuring contributions from Jessie Tu, Tony [ ]
As part of my PhD studies, I have been researching the lives of early Vandemonian sealers with a particular emphasis on George Briggs, an important but mostly elusive figure in this history. I m pleased to report that my piece Pardoned to serve His Majesty by sea: The Life of George Briggs has been chosen as [ ]
Alan Fyfe s debut novel T is an endearing, off-beat, and ultimately moving caper. Set in and around Mandurah, Western Australia, the narrative punctures numerous stereotypes associated with the drug hijinx genre, presenting T for the selfish fuck-up he is. Fyfe offers us an eclectic grab-bag of humorous characters and situations such as the ghost of [ ]
This is the second volume of Humans of the Wheatbelt, featuring some amazing and amazingly inspirational interviews with people from all over the Wheatbelt. I had the honour and pleasure of writing up these interviews and co-editing the book, so any typos are on me! Head over to the Humans of the Wheatbelt site to find out more.