In Australia we cling to the coast of our vast continent. Having grown up in Melbourne and lived in Tasmania, home for the last 30 years has been Northern NSW. I am grateful to live and write on Bunjalung country together with ocean breezes and raucous birdlife.

For many years as a counsellor, I have been privileged to sit with people in quiet rooms as they explored the messiness and wonder of their lives. I listened to their stories, and followed their intimate narrative threads as they discovered hope and meaning in their experiences. Stories have shaped my life.

I mostly write creative non-fiction.  Brick walls and broken systems: One woman’s way through – Maxine Griffiths’ story is published in 2026. In 2019 I edited and contributed to A School’s Journey Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School and some of my creative non-fiction writing can be found in Grieve Anthologies and here at my writing.

Sitting at writing desks looking out over gums and gardens, absorbing and crafting words in atmospheric rooms and cabins has been a joy and an adventure. I am grateful to have been awarded residential mentorships and fellowships with Byron Writers Festival (2015), the Susannah Pritchard Centre in Perth (2019) and Varuna the Writers House in the Blue Mountains, NSW (2021).

Since 2010 I have brought together my love of creative writing and being with people, together with my counselling and group facilitation experience, to develop and facilitate writing for wellbeing groups. See more on writing for wellbeing.