Shortly before Christmas I showcased some of the memoirs I’ve written for my clients at Bridgepoint Shopping Centre in Mosman. During the week I met some lovely people and learned so much about the lives of Mosman locals. It was an honour to have such wonderful conversations with people who have led amazing lives. Thank […]

A lovely article in North Shore Living Magazine about me winning the Allen and Unwin prize to help me fine tune my biography of Emeritus Professor Michael Cousins AO, one of the world’s leading pain medicine researchers, clinicians, educators and advocates.

As we head towards the dawn of a new decade, it is timely to reflect on the previous one—the special moments, ups and downs, challenges, victories and learnings. I don’t know about you, but the first decade of the 21st century, and particularly its final year, seemed like a time of extremes to me. The […]

As Christmas approaches are you struggling to find the perfect gift for your partner, parents or grandparents? Do your father and grandfather have enough socks and undies to last a lifetime and is your Mum’s bookcase and that of your Grannie bursting at the seams with recipe books they never read? Have you thought of […]

This year I felt honoured to be asked to edit the memoir of Wilfred (Bill) Peatman, an amazing man who this year turned 101. Bill wrote his memories in an exercise book over many decades and his story is truly inspiring.

One Life: Two Worlds is the memoir of Jeanne Rockey AM. I wrote the book for her this year and had a wonderful time each week as she shared her amazing life story with me.  Jeanne originally trained as a physiotherapist before living overseas for several years. She was instrumental in getting the Starlight Foundation […]

Mosman biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies last night won the coveted Allen and Unwin Faber Writing Academy scholarship to study ‘Writing True Stories’ with Patti Miller, an award-winning life story writer and educator. During the course Gabriella will be developing her manuscript of the biography of Emeritus Professor Michael J. Cousins AO, one of the world’s leading […]

I feel so honoured to have won the Allen and Unwin scholarship to do Patti Miller‘s Writing True Stories course at the Faber Writing Academy next year. I have so many questions to ask Patti and can’t wait to get started. Here is the announcement: http://faberwritingacademy.com.au/Scholarships2020information.html#.Xctn-tUzaBY

This afternoon as the insistent blustery wind buffeted the magenta bougainvillea on our balcony overlooking Balmoral Beach in Sydney, I listened to an interview with Oxford University’s Jeremy Hughes and Virginia Woolf’s biographer, Hermione Lee. Jeremy asked Hermione whether writers can employ similar techniques to photographers to produce different images of the same subject. Hermione’s […]