Reading/Writing

A Quick Piece of Writing News, And A Reminder That Being Busy Needn’t Prevent Creating

May 21, 2013

Photo by the amazing Fe Lumsdaine This photo was taken two months ago – hard to believe time has passed so quickly since – at the Digital Parent Conference in Sydney. When I spied it among the gallery of others on Flickr, I confess I thought to myself “Uh-oh. Sprung”. You see, I’m not paying [...]

What I’m Reading April 2013

April 30, 2013

Two or so years after letting my subscription to The New Yorker lapse – and enduring the paper campaign that ensued, pleading for my return – I recently re-subscribed: thanks, in part, to the prompting by Twitter pals Anna Spargo-Ryan and Mamabook, but mostly because I plain missed it. The picture above is the first [...]

Emerging Writers’ Festival 2013: Family-Friendly Event Suggestions

April 23, 2013

At a wonderfully attended and entertaining launch last Wednesday night, the 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival program was revealed to all (with immediate ticket sales, which is always nice). It’s been an intense period, getting it ready to go online and behind-the-scenes, but it’s worth it. Last night, as I was tucking Keira into bed, she asked [...]