All the things that I am bad at—hosting a party, talking to children, standing against a bar in a non-sleazy way—contribute to being better at one thing: storytelling.
The works shared here represent a chronological slice of my writing and storytelling career, hence my most recent stuff is always at the top.
If you would like to publish or re-distribute any of the work you read here, please get in touch.
Below is a list of other things I am either not so good at, or very bad at, followed by a list of where you might have seen, read, or heard from me.
Things I am currently bad at
- Hosting a party
- Turning off lights around the house
- Talking and listening at the same time
- Posture
- Keeping my hair
- Basketball
- Talking to children
- Reading long books
- Small talk
- Dinner parties (with small talk)
- Keeping in contact with old friends
- Reading menus when people are talking
- Watering indoor plants
- Hanging up wet towels
- Colour coordination
- Following procedures
- Reading manuals
- Painting landscapes
- Reading washing instructions
2009
Griffith Review
Emerging Writer
of the Year
Publications
A Funeral for Eddie Moon (Short Story)
Meanjin Vol. 71
September 2012
Free Falling (Short Story)
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ed. 48
October 2010
Without Country (Short Story)
Griffith Review: 2nd Annual Fiction Edition ed.
30 October 2010
Visitors (Short Story)
Dot Dot Dash Magazine vol 3
Summer 2010
Griffith Review Emerging Writer of the Year (Non-Fiction)
2009
City of Birds (Long Story)
Sitelines vol 6.2
Spring 2009
Greyfields (Creative Non Fiction)
Griffith Review: After the Crisis ed. 25
September 2009
Desert Stories (Short Story)
Sitelines vol 2.1
Autumn 2005
Stars in his Eyes (Reportage)
West Australian Newspaper: Big Weekend
Saturday August 9, 2003
Malpractice (Short Story)
Published in Naked Eye
Summer 2002