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In Conversation with Jo Case 1 May 2013 | 07:04 pm
This Sunday author Jo Case and I will be having a good ol' yarn (but in public) about her wonderful, moving and very important new memoir, Boomer and Me: A memoir of motherhood, and Asperger’s. The e...
Why you must see "Lost in Living" 11 Apr 2013 | 05:09 am
It has taken me two weeks to write about Lost in Living here since a copy of the DVD arrived it in my mailbox. I just haven’t been able to find the words to encompass my feelings about this remarkabl...
Does it matter enough? 28 Mar 2013 | 06:10 am
Pic: Lucy Feagins. Photo by Sean Fennessy In response to the comments on my previous post, I just want to say a couple of things - things I wanted to say in my talk at the Big Hearted Business Confe...
Art, motherhood and the Big Hearted Business Conference 25 Mar 2013 | 11:47 am
Pic: Kylie Lewis On the weekend I was lucky enough to be among the speakers at Clare Bowditch's Big Hearted Business Conference. What a mind-blowing experience! When I wrote The Divided Heart almost...
Just because. So there. 7 Mar 2013 | 05:53 am
My response to Salsa's comment on the previous post was getting so long I thought I may as well write it as a post. She said that she's at the point of considering giving up the idea of continuing wi...
"I feel like I'm being rubbish at both." 28 Feb 2013 | 05:41 am
A few years ago, I read an interview with musician Tracey Thorn (Everything But the Girl, Massive Attack) where she spoke about giving music away altogether after having her three children. Thorn and...
Clare Bowditch is making it POZIBLE 3 Feb 2013 | 04:24 am
I know that Clare Bowditch, singer-songwriter extraordinaire, needs no introduction from me. If you've read The Divided Heart and watched her career blossom over the years, you will know just what a ...
Launching Karen's book: what I said on the day 4 Dec 2012 | 03:10 pm
Karen (left) and me (seated) A few people have asked me to put my speech from the launch of Karen's book up on my blog. On the day I ad-libbed and went off on a few tangents, but here's the core of w...
Launching Karen Andrew's book, Crying in the Car: Reflections on Life and Motherhood 27 Nov 2012 | 04:21 pm
I am launching Karen Andrew's new book, Crying in the Car: Reflections on Life and Motherhood, at the Eltham Library this Saturday, December 1, at 3pm. You may already know Karen's lovely writing th...
Fragility and wonder: the music of Emma Tonkin 15 Nov 2012 | 09:04 am
When I was writing The Divided Heart, I was always conscious that one of the most modest and talented artist-mothers in my midst was living right next door. When I suggested to singer-songwriter Emma...
