I’m so happy to have been named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, alongside Rajith Savanadasa, Jennifer Down and Josephine Rowe. The award, now in its twenty-first year, recognises emerging writing talent aged 35 and younger. This year’s judges were Linda Morris, Miles Franklin award winner Michelle de Kretser, and Matt McGuire, deputy director […]

In addition to my Sydney Writers’ Festival appearances, I will be doing a special event in Bathurst for SWF’s Live & Local series. The event is an “in conversation” with Jen Barry about Portable Curiosities, for the opening of this year’s Bathurst Writers’ & Readers’ Festival. Details: Friday 26 May, 7.30–8.30pm, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, free […]

Last week in Melbourne, I joined the Sisteria crew as a guest on their final episode for Season 1. Sisteria is a fantastic podcast about women’s experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture. We discussed a bunch of things on the episode, including my big career change, short stories, satire and Kanganoulipo. There’s […]

Read Jennifer Mills over at Overland on the beauty regimen of a woman writer. ‘Exfoliate your silkiness with rainbow juice.’