Festivals, storytelling and author talks

Last week, I was part of Story Room, an initiative of Karen Sander, where six speakers tell a ten-minute story to the audience. Dr Gareth Andrews, who is both an anaesthetist and an Arctic explorer, astonished me with the account of his gruelling 1400km, 66 day journey through some of the toughest and most remote terrain in Antarctica, battling temperatures of -40 degrees. Story Room is held each month in Brookvale and is well worth attending.

It's the tenth anniversary of the Rose Scott Women Writers' Festival this week and I'm delighted to be part of it.  The Sydney-based festival is held at The Women's Club in the CBD and I’ll be in-conversation with internationally bestselling author, Kate Forsyth, and reading from my latest novel, The Watchful Wife as Sunday’s evening soiree.  

For anyone who will be in Wollongong next Thursday (21 September), I'd be so pleased if you could come to my (free) author talk at Wollongong Library.  It's a double billing: I'll be onstage with Susan Duncan, author of the bestselling memoir, Salvation Creek.