Excited to announce some of the Melbourne bookstores who currently sell my book Watching Cartoons with Boys! If you’re a Melbourne local, you’ll find copies at the following: Brunswick Bound 361 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056 Phone: (03) 9381 4019 Open 10:00am-6:00pm Monday – Saturday 11:00am-5:00pm Sunday Dymocks Melbourne 234 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Launch: Watching Cartoons with Boys
On Thursday 23 November my self-published book Watching Cartoons with Boys was launched at Brunswick Bound in Melbourne. It was a really fun evening full of laughs and champagne with lots of familiar faces, as well as a few new ones. I got to thank all of the people who helped with getting this book
Underground Writers review Watching Cartoons with Boys
Underground Writers is a creative writing zine started in 2009 with a focus on writing by students and newly emerging authors. They release online editions quarterly and are working on expanding the zine to reach writing students all over Australia and the world. Issue 20 of Underground Writers is themed “Nostalgia” and contains the first
Book Launch: Thursday 23 November
My self-published book Watching Cartoons with Boys will be launched on Thursday 23 November and I’m so excited to share it with you. Watching Cartoons with Boys is a collection of short stories and personal essays that catalogues different cartoons that have been important to me at different stages of my life, as well as
Update: Watching Cartoons with Boys
It’s late September 2017 and I’m well and truly scrambling to finish off my self-published book Watching Cartoons with Boys by the end of the year. It’s an incredibly personal collection of short stories and essays that I began writing last February, and something I’m incredibly proud of. Hopefully I can share it with you
1 July 2017: My Work First Appears in Print
… #careermilestone Today was a bit of a spesh day. Birdcatcher Books have just published a collection of stories that were long-listed for last year’s short story competition, and the anthology is called Crossroads. My story “Like Siamese” appears inside and you can buy a hardcopy here or an e-book version here.
Short Story Collection
Those of you who may have seen my social media or kindly asked how my novel is going will know it’s taken a backseat while I finish a short story collection. Titled Watching Cartoons with Boys, the collection is almost done and I’ve got big things planned. What big things, you ask? Well, I’ll be
Update: Rare Birds
Last night I finished the second rewrite of my debut novel Rare Birds, which is being edited by Zoya Patel in preparation to send to a literary agent. I’ve been calling this the “second” rewrite because getting the manuscript up to a standard that I was happy enough with to show an editor last year
Short Story Longlisted for Award
Some news that made it onto the Facebook page and my Instagram, but that I somehow neglected to put on the website… My short story “Like Siamese” was recently long-listed for the 2016 Birdcatcher Books Short Story Award. “Like Siamese” will appear in the competition’s print anthology, released through Birdcatcher Books mid-2017. Exciting!
New Article Published by Society19
A piece I wrote on the university textbooks vs. e-books debate has gone live on Society19‘s AU page this morning. It’s the second fun, silly piece I’ve gotten to write for a student website/audience this year since my piece for Farrago in April. If you like your books papery and your memes on point, read