Bird Love
Walking along a cliff top I witnessed the death of a Crimson Rosella
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks about Tender
Padraig O Tuama launched my book Tender, stories that lean into kindness, just on a year ago.You can hear his speech here.
Finding wonder in a crisis
In this era of COVID- 19, on the cusp of sleep, I startle at the noise from the plane flying low… My thought lands in three distinct syllables: Aer-o-plane.
Staying with the trouble
‘Staying with the trouble’, the story of my meeting with Two Pied Oyster Catchers is now published in Dumbo Feather online Two Pied Oyster Catchers It is wintertime. My friends and I are rugged against the cold in beanies, scarves and jackets. Sheltering between boulders we are protected .The wind blusters around us at Mimosa …
‘Tender’ reviewed. Author happy.
Andrew Hamilton is consulting editor at Eureka Street and has written a review of my new collection, Tender, stories that lean into kindness. I feel honoured by his reading and placement of the book within a larger tradition. You can go to the review here.
Conversations in conflicted times
“Probably people know the room is going to be discussing something of division. Presumably people have a predictable set of outcomes in their mind. “I bet you this group or this person will say the following thing.” And they might even have their responses primed and prepared for the thing that they’re predicting. I’m always interested in how we find the courage in the room for something unexpected and surprising to be said.” Pádraig Ó Tuama
