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Prompted by a Facebook status by the wonderful writer Cassandra Golds (who also does a mean line in reposting my favourite 70s songs), I found that I was able to instantly recall my year 12 Lit reading list (not sure what the equivalent of Lit is in other states): A...

That you might be surrounded by friends who remind you of who you are, and have room for the yous you are; That you might find joy in noticing daily details, like dancing cobwebs, whooshing winds, the character of the birds who live in your tree; That sadness might...

The Centre for Youth Literature has got more teenagers into reading, connected more young adults with more books and authors, provided more thought-provoking professional development for teachers, librarians and writers, than any other program in the country.  It’s...

* This week I struggled with the beginning of the junior novel.  On the train I wrote opening lines, scenes, dialogue.  They clunked, or were brittle.  The words didn’t go together.  Nothing worked. Eventually, demoralised by my scrappy notes, I stopped struggling. ...

*This post contains references not suitable for children or the easily offended. The wonderful and with-it Simmone Howell put me onto this blog, which contains stories of various girls’ and women’s First Times.  The sheer range of experience is moving, thought...

Inspired by Mike and the ‘geezer jamboree'(!), I’m mulling over what music I’d want to take to the hereafter.  You’re supposed to be limited to seven songs, which makes things tricky.  My seven tunes today might well differ from my seven tunes tomorrow.  Today’s pick,...

I don’t know whether it’s because of the amount of US television/music/movies our culture is saturated with, but it seems to me that Australians are becoming as obsessed with success – usually measured in tedious material terms – as any of our North American...