On token ethnic friends in pop culture
This is a transcript of the talk I gave at the 2019 Sydney Writers Festival. I’d like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of...
Blog
This is where I house the musings and random scribbles that I can't reasonably expect to get paid for & an archive of some of my published work. Enjoy!
Summer reading recommendations 2018
It’s been one of those years of reading where many books have flown by without me taking a moment to properly register how much of an...
I was disappointed when my memoir didn’t face any backlash from the public. Here’s why.
In the months leading up to my memoir being published, I was riddled with anxiety. No Country Woman is a collection of essays on race,...
To all the horses I've loved before
This is a transcript of a talk I gave at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018, as part of the Animal Church stream of programming. Flashback...
Three things I would change about feminism
I spoke at the International Women's Day Feminartsy Story-share last week, on three things I would change about feminism today. Here's a...
Things I will miss about Scotland
After nine glorious months, I'm down to my last five days living in Edinburgh, Scotland. As cliche as it is to say, it's been a...
Things I miss about Australia
In June 2017, I moved to Scotland with my partner and our cat, for an adventure. Eight months later, I am in Canberra briefly, before we...
Reading Round-Up - December 2017
I have recently become addicted to trashy television (Pretty Little Liars. Like, really trashy), and haven’t read as much as I like. But...
Reading round-up - November 2017
Now that I’m not working full-time, I have so much more energy for reading. I suppose it also helps that I have a total of five friends...
Hello from Auld Reekie!
Hello from auld reekie! Well, it’s been a while since I blogged about anything. But now that I am quite some distance from home, it seems...