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Will Red, a boxer turned novice sailor aboard two small Allied Intelligence boats during World War II, survive the dangers that lurk behind enemy lines? Tasked with spying and supporting the secretive Coastwatchers deep in Japanese-occupied territory, he faces...

So thankful for Rotarian Patrick Sherry's introduction to the Carindale Rotary Club and for Rotarian Kelvin Cotter's logistical support and Rotarian Karen Sheil's photographs. I spoke about my interest in history and how it felt like my subjects had put the words...

Thanks to friend and fellow author, Jodie Lane (formatting) and talented nephew Aiden Fisher (cover design) I've published a few copies of my award-winning short story collection, 'In The Glasshouses' and a novella, 'Evenings with Eva' for posterity. I'm sure no...

SOOO!! thankful for  Karen and Michael Weibler for offering to host my launch in September 29. It's a warm inviting venue and a great retail space encouraging emerging and established Australian writers and supporting readers across a wide spectrum. I'll be in...

Pleased my story 'Dingo Traps' was featured in the Outback Festival's  anthology 'The Outback' Vol II, 2026. The Winton team is doing such a great job promoting literature and local writers with this annual festival.  

I wrote this review of Laura Elvery’s novel, Nightingale, about the famous nurse, Florence Nightingale, some time ago but never got around to posting it. It is a literary treat for its elegance of exposition, lightness of phraseology, and evocation of mood. Despite...

A moment to celebrate signing a contract with Hawkeye publishing to publish my latest novel, a story about the New Guinea Pacific theatre of WWII. The publisher described it as a “superbly crafted historical fiction recount … I found it compelling, fast paced,...

I was pleased to catch-up with amazing poet and novelist Sarah Todman at Jo skinner's, Saturday May 10, Avid Reader launch of her second novel, "A World of Silence". Jo's book is about female friendships and coercive control, and the devastating impact of not...