An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire, is a novel which explores two women, a murder and the media’s coverage in a regional town. It has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2017.
The Paris Wedding was a fresh spin on the rural genre. Where the protagonist is usually falling in love with the countryside and leading a quieter life, Rachael on the other hand, was finding her place outside the rural lifestyle in the midst of all the city chaos.
My essay ‘the anchor that is writing’ was featured over on the website of a wonderfully supportive fellow Australian writer Louise J Allen who will soon have her debut novel released into the wild (Jan 2018).