last updated August 2008

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Hello. Here goes stating the obvious: this is my website. If you would like to know more about who I am, have a look at the a bit about me bit.

Nine Parts Water

Nine Parts Water is my first novel. It was a runner-up in the ABC Fiction Award in 2006 and was shortlisted for the 2008 Dobbie Award for first-time female writers. It is published by University of QLD Press.

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You can buy it at your local bookshop - if they don't have it - ask them to order it - the distributor is Penguin. Or you can buy it online at (among other places):

Gleebooks or Booktopia or Dymocks

NEWS

The Dobbie Award

In May of 2008 I was shortlisted for the Dobbie Award, an award for first-time women writers, which is part of the Kibble Award. I flew up to Sydney (from my residency in Tasmania) for the media lunch and the announcement at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay. Thank you so much to Perpetual and the State Library of New South Wales for a wonderful event and for maintaining such an important set of awards. Here are some pics of the evening: Pic 1 (Student doing a reading from my book), Pic 2 (Student doing a reading from my book), Pic 3 (me getting my award), Pic 4 (me and one of the judges).

Tasmanian Writer in Residence 2008

In April/May 2008 I was a Writer in Residence in Tasmania in 2008 as part of the Tasmanian Writers' Centre's (TWC) Island of Residencies program.

I had a wonderful time and I got another 20,000 words down on my new novel. I am very grateful to Chris and Sue at the Tas Writers Centre for their support, and to the TWC's Island of Residencies which is supported by the Copyright Agency Limited, Arts Tasmania, the City of Hobart and Burnie City Council.

Read Around Canberra 2008