I’m so pleased to be a finalist in the 2025 Joanne burns microlith award along with a wonderful list of writers. The finalists in the National category are: Carolyn Abbs, Danielle Baldock, Kathleen Miriam Bleakley, Lyn Chatham, Julie Chevalier, Angela Costi, PS Cottier, Charles D’Anastasi, Jan Dean, Dave Drayton, Cassandra Duell, Anne Elvey, Susan Fealy, Claire Gaskin, Jennifer Harrison, Dominique Hecq, Hilary Hewitt, Kylie Hough, Chrissy Howe, Anna Kerdijk Nicholson, Andrew Leggett, DS Magid, Susan Midalia, Mark O’Flynn, Jane O’Sullivan, Lili Pâquet, Arna Radovich, KA Rees, Sandra Renew, Fiona Robertson, Maggie Shaply, Leni Shilton, Ariella Van Luyn.
Finalists in the Hunter category are: Joanna Atherfold Finn, Magdalena Ball, Sharon Douglas, Helen Hopcroft, Jacquelyn Leigh, Brenda Proudfoot, Deborah Van Heerkeren, Jodi Vial, Cedar Whelan, Karen Whitelaw.
Winners of both categories will be announced in late 2024. All finalists will be published in the microlit anthology, Ricochet. Find out more here: https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/2025-nwf-joanne-burns-microlit-award/
Three of my poems, “Free Association”, “Sylvia”, and “Bhakti” have been published in the 15th Anniversary edition of Live Encounters. The full issue can be found here: 
I’ll be chatting with Meg Keneally and Tea Cooper about their latest books for History Illuminated on 07 November from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Toronto Library, Toronto Library, corner of Brighton Ave & Pemell St, Toronto NSW. We’ll be talking all manner of historical fiction and the fine line between the real and the imagined. This is a free (gold coin only) event, but bookings are a must. 
My poem “Placing Stones” has longlisted for the Grieve 2024 poetry competition.
I’m overjoyed that my poem Free Association was selected as one of the five finalists in the inaugural Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award. The award was announced on the first anniversary of Mercedes death at a celebration of Mercedes’ life and work at St Peters Village Hall, Paekakariki, New Zealand.