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My Last History Writing Panel Discussion At Eltham Library

March 28, 2017

It was an inspiring get-together with other authors at the Women History Writer’s Month at the Eltham Library The final day had arrived. Once more, Wendy Dunn was the lynch pin that held everything together. She organised not only the […]

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No cash, No cards, No car

February 22, 2016

We are a bit at sixes and sevens at the moment. Approximately 2am Friday morning, while we were asleep upstairs, our house was raided. Someone grabbed our ipad and iphone, a tub of pasta off the bench, (true :>) a […]

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Barb Biggs: The Accidental Renovator. A review

September 7, 2015

A Paris Story How do you accidentally buy a Paris apartment? This is a smart, snazzy, witty story set in the romantic city of Paris. As I expected, I am really enjoying reading Barbara Biggs’ latest book The Accidental Renovator. […]

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Writing a Memoir?

July 19, 2015

How to make your story come alive Writing a memoir might seem easy because you already know the story-after all, its your own. But to write a fascinating account of your life, you not only have to tell your tale […]

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Writing from Mourning

May 18, 2015

The dead leave us starving with mouths full of love. (Michaels 1997: 20) Much of my writing is autobiographically based. Pickle to Pie, although published as a novel was based on my father’s life. This second book is about my thirty-five […]

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ANZAC Day 2015: The Solitary Soldier

April 24, 2015

One hundred years of memories. Recently I was approached by a 97 year old friend, Margaret who wanted me to help her collate extracts of letters, photos and artefacts from WW1 for a book for her family. I thought she […]

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Writing, Food And Friendship

March 30, 2015

Sharing Two Favourite recipes Life can revolve around the dinner table where we share daily events, joys and sorrows. But is this becoming a thing of the past? Many modern families take a packaged dinner out of the freezer and zap it […]

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Marjorie’s Last Dance

March 16, 2015

Live now. Seize the day. We all know these things, but it can be hard to live by our beliefs. Not so for Marjorie Jean Nash. She lived life to the full and loved every minute of it. But all […]

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Writing Healing Life Stories

February 16, 2015

For writers, writing is how they make sense of their world. There is a long human tradition of writing to make sense of events that effect the self. Writing can be a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that […]

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