It was wonderful to see a poetry book do so well upon release. On Amazon it made number 48 in the category for Australian and Oceanian Poetry. This year will mark forty years since I met Azaria Chamberlain. It is hard to believe that an event in my life affected so many. A personal viewContinue reading "Azaria Poems – one week on"
Starting again with poetry
You may be wondering what this is and indeed I have been rather quiet about it. For years I wrote poems, more than a thousand. By the time I was ready to consider publishing, poetry was being dropped off the submission lists. The message that went around was that no one bought poetry. So theContinue reading "Starting again with poetry"
Preparing for a Book Fair
With four days to go it's panic time. Did I order enough books? Do I have enough postcards? This will be the first book fair I have been to as an author. It exhilarating and nerve wrecking all at the same time. The cat's idea of helping consists of opening the boxes and pulling theContinue reading "Preparing for a Book Fair"