The fourth annual Brisbane Writers’ Group Convention is on again on Sunday 31 July from 9am to 1pm and if you’re a word enthusiast, then you won’t want to miss it. The convention aims to connect individuals and writing groups together face-to-face. […]
I’m predominantly a solo traveller. Or I used to be. I can’t count how many times I’ve being asked “Are you going by yourself?” with a look of surprise when I tell people about my next trip. Technically yes—I’m catching a flight […]
While waiting to speak with Casey Donovan—singer, actress, author and champion of Indigenous causes—I do the maths. It has been 12 years since as a 16-year-old, she took out the coveted Australian Idol title, beating one of Australia’s other favourite performers, Anthony […]
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Iceland has been on my travel bucket list for some time, my desire initially sparked years ago by a conversation with a fellow traveler. Iceland jumped up the priority list after seeing the breathtaking scenery that featured in the movie The Secret […]
Would you agree to trek 32 kilometres a day across a desert in over 40 degree heat with no access to a shower or phone for eight days? Of course not – no coffee, no comfy bed or social media! But Channel […]
“Having your agent say your book is good is like having your mum say you’re pretty,” says Paula Hawkins, author of the best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train. A worldwide sensation, the novel was optioned by a film company before it […]
I am in Greece as we speak and as the Greek philosopher, Aristotle once said, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” and “happiness depends upon ourselves.” This definitely is true for long distance plane travel. What I have […]
My not so guilty pleasure on a Sunday night is popping the bubbles and sitting down to watch the glitz and glamour that is The Real Housewives of Melbourne. It never fails to entertain. Some love it, some hate it; but it […]
A funny thing happened on my last holiday… but I’m getting ahead of myself. This is how it began, with me crying: “no, I can’t go! I’m terrified even watching lions on the television.” Yet, here I am with my husband and […]
I kid you not, Tel Aviv—a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast—is hands-down one of the best places I have ever visited. We stopped by for a few days at the end of our trip around Israel – after visiting Jerusalem, Nazareth, Rosh […]
In a coup for the Brisbane Writers’ Festival, renowned author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, visited Brisbane in an exciting ‘prelude’ to this year’s festival. The sold-out evening at the Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, marked the […]
Late last year, I hit New York City for the first time on a whirlwind trip for work. More accurately, New York hit me – like the full-fisted thump in the chest that brings a dead heart lurching back to life. Stepping […]
It wasn’t my first choice considering there are so many other places in the world I want to see … but when my husband suggested we visit, and Portugese friends convinced me to stop in for a visit—we did so so for […]
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