ADHD Awareness Month

ADHD Awareness Month

I read somewhere that October is ADHD Awareness Month. About four years ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD and autism, at the age of 44. I pursued a diagnosis after years of feeling like I was a broken loser. I kept thinking that surely life isn’t supposed to be...
My Facebook Experiment

My Facebook Experiment

At the start of September 2026, I decided to run an experiment with my Facebook page. That page had been fairly neglected with the occasional post when I had a new book or program, but not much else. Posting was patchy at best. The task was simple: Post on my page...
BTS – Lilly’s Library

BTS – Lilly’s Library

Lilly’s Library is a junior fiction story about a little girl who loves books and doesn’t want to wait until she grows up to have her own library. The idea for this book came to me one day and I started to write, then it sat for ages until I saw it when I...
BTS – Lilly’s Library

BTS – Genie In My Drink Bottle

Back in 2013, I was approached by the Monash Public Library Service to facilitate some creative writing sessions for teens. I was surprised but said, ‘Sure, why not?’. I have been running these ever since. The sessions are fairly simple. There is a writing...
Worth Reading: Gnoming About

Worth Reading: Gnoming About

This weeks book worth reading is Gnoming About: Tree Mail Adventure by Liv Lorkin. Three gnomes, Daisy, Lucky, and Rocky, are on the hunt for a missing gnome. They need to retrace his steps, find some postcards, and spot some mushrooms, but not everything is as easy...
BTS – Lilly’s Library

BTS – My Mummy is Evil

Back in 2012, I was the mother of two lovely boys aged 10 and 8 (I am still their mother, they are no longer 10 and 8). It was school holidays and we had had a big day. I told the boys to go to bed, it was their regular bedtime. They didn’t want to go to bed, so...