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  • A short Update

    Just a short update for you. I didn’t realise how much time had passed since the last one! My personal news is sad – I lost my life partner two years ago and am struggling to readjust to life on my own. Thankfully I have my faith, a strong family and good friends. My writing…

  • Update from Lockdown

    News Feed from Lockdown Two exciting developments. Firstly an excerpt from the play adapted from my book ‘Winfale Park’ has been selected to be performed in September by the Stanwell Park Arts Theatre. Secondly I have just finished the second draft of my latest historical novel, ‘Darwin’. This follows the Dalton family from their arrival…

  • Short Story: The Driver

    Short-listed at the 2019 HNSA Awards The drier weather of September, 1917 had been to the Allies’ advantage. Using low ridges they’d been able to move their front line forward, building roads and light rail close by, enabling artillery and ammunition to be moved more easily. However the Germans had not made it easy. Determined…

  • New Book Release – Stina

    I am just about to launch my latest novel, Stina. This is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl who arrives into Brisbane with her father, four younger brothers and step-mother in 1872 to begin a new life after leaving their native Sweden. What Stina finds is a lifetime filled with hardships and loss with occasional…

  • Winfale Park Book Launch

    Hi Everyone!You are invited to join me in the launch of my latest novel “Winfale Park” Thursday 10 December 2015 @ 11am – Warilla Library. Please come and join me if you’re in the area. If not make sure you keep checking my website for more dates!
    Dell

  • My Next Book…

    My next book, Winfale Park, should be published later this year. Set in a caravan park in the Illawarra in New South Wales, it tells the story of a family’s struggle to deal with all that life can throw at them, including a young girl’s fight with leukaemia. I am currently working on another historical…

  • Cry to the Wind Book Launch

    Hi Everyone! I’ll be launching my new book, Cry to the Wind very soon… Thursday 9 April @ 11am – Cry to the Wind – Warilla Library This is in the school holidays so please come and join me if you’re in the area. If not make sure you keep checking my website for more…