Forget where I’d LIKE to write. The question they should ask is where I actually end up writing. Where I’d LIKE to be writing is in my book-lined study, on my antique French oak partners’ desk. Instead, I’m beside the ball pit at Lollipops indoor playground, supervising my completely fabulous daughter and niece as they …
Jock Serong is an exceptional Australian writer. He also needs to stay away from the native wildlife. Should I have helped him escape the clutches of New Zealand’s tuatara? Possibly. But he’s a living fossil, and an endangered one at that, for God’s sake. He needs to be handled carefully…. the tuatara, I mean. Jock’s …
Jeffreys Books in Glenferrie Road, Malvern was my refuge as a child. While other kids were sinking their hard earned pocket money into whatever it was that other kids were buying in the 1980s, I was investing in books from Jeffreys. I still have half a shelf’s worth of dog-eared Penguin Classics I bought there, …
Spied in Darwin airport. With thanks to the wonderful Carol for the photo. ❤️ I really, really hope I never stop getting excited by seeing my book rubbing shoulders with stellar authors like James Ellroy. And Grug. Love Grug.
If you have any interest at all in knowing how and why I do what I do (no small feat – most of the time I’ve no idea why I do what I do, either!🤣)… pop in to visit lizbiesnerdyworld where I was lucky enough to share my thoughts on the writing of The Emerald …
Looking forward to talking all things Emerald Tablet (and avoiding any mention of Geelong’s dominance this season. Go Tiges 😥☹️) with Denis Walter this afternoon. 693 on your AM dial, if you’ve nothing better to do with those fifteen minutes of time this windy old afternoon.
Logies night. Haven’t tuned in to watch this since I used to stay with my grandma near Phillip Island. She was a TV Week fangirl before fangirls we’re a thing. Now, a TV show I co-wrote is up for an award… The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill. Also shooting for …
First, a disclaimer. I’m an avowed pacifist. But I’m also not one to say ‘no thanks, I’d rather just stay here drinking fine wine and reading by the fire’ when a new experience is on offer. So it was that I found myself on a hillside in New Zealand shooting at what the experts assured …
So, a very dear friend with a well-honed sense of humour gave me a gift to commemorate the birth of my book baby. Yes. Emerald Tablet-themed eyeshadow. 🤣 Either that, or it’s intended for use in a reptilian mating display. Needless to say, I am never wearing it out of the house. But it didn’t …
The anxiety runs thick in the veins when the reviews start rolling in. So when a corker or two arrives, it’s an overwhelming relief. Yesterday, I had Brooklyn the Bookworm. Today, it’s the Unseen Library. As an author, to know that someone who reads a lot and really knows what they’re talking about has enjoyed …