Articles and stories
OzArts Less is More: The Case for Short Films — Less is More - an essay on the art of the short film with case studies of Fiona Allon and Lindsay Barrett's Sacred and Christina Andreef's Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship. 'I have still not given up hope of a short film one day.' Andrey Tarkovsky
Rolling Stone Drama Queen Tracy Moffat — 'The ghost that follows all of us.' A 1993 article and interview with artist, photographer and filmmaker Tracy Moffat on her first feature film, Bedevil.
There's no Business Like Snow Business — A gorgeous article on the most fun collectible of all. 'Some folks collect snowdomes because they're not as flat as stamps.'
Online articles and stories
The Case For The Commandant — The best Australian historical fiction you've never read
Sub Standard — A decision needs to be made soon on our underwater fleet.
The Last Space Waltz - Overland Magazine — Is the age of human space flight over?
Our Navy Blues - The Monthly cover story April 2014 — The RAN heads into uncharted waters
Snake in the Grass in Griffith REVIEW #42: Once Upon a Time in Oz — If the snake in Lawson's tale of bush hardship The Drover's Wife could speak, what would she say?
'The Long Way Home' - review for The Monthly — The historic collaboration between the ADF and the Sydney Theatre Company
Putting Australia on the Map - The Monthly Feb 2014 — The outline of Australia is so self-contained it easily became its own template, icon and logo. What I didn't know was that it took centuries of discovery and cartographic effort to resolve this shape.
The Monthly Magazine - Live From Mars: NASA's 'Curiosity' in Tidbinbilla — The landing of 'Curiosity' on Mars as seen from the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
The Monthly - Review of Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Carmel Bird Award: Amanda Lohrey Selects — The 12 stories selected by Amanda Lohrey and longlisted for the 2012 Carmel Bird Award. My story, Hostile Takeover, has now been released as an eSingle.
Posts on Other Sites
Links to blogs I've written for other people
The Story of My Book - Readings Blog — A look at the difficulty of staying ahead of the science while writing WHEN WE HAVE WINGS.
The 'Write' Tools - Damon Young — So, how to clear the way for these elves to appear, what to do to welcome them?
On Reading Like A Writer - Ian Irvine's Blog — There is something to be said about the kind of reader you become once you start writing seriously
On Writing the Land from the Sky - Fleur McDonald's blog — It became clear to me that to love flying means also loving the land.
Review of Catch-22 on Kill Your Darlings — They have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Marketing the Boundaries - on the fiction of Margo Lanagan — Why is Margo Lanagan sold as a YA author?
Jessica Anderson's Tirra Lirra by the River - Overland Blog — An older person looks back on his or her life. A well-worn literary trope - why are authors so fond of it?
My Favourite Book — Impossible to choose a favourite, so I wrote about a book that I realised powerfully influences my adult writing.