At Brisbane Writers Festival I attended Phil Brown's launch on the 9 October at Brisbane Powerhouse. Sean Sennet was in conversation with him about his latest book published by...
Limelight asked me to review Michael Atherton's latest book Never Miss A Beat. It's an inspiring read because his life can be turned upside down, a job not working out, illness,...
I was invited to talk about the music industry and Big Music at the Long Listen Festival held in Palmwoods. The artistic director Louise King is imaginative and bold, and her...
I love French music and so when I was commissioned to review a recent Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Franck and Ravel Maestro Concert for ClassikON I happily said yes.
On the 28 October, I attended the Books@Stones launch of a unique and enterprising children's book, Jangar: The Legendary Camel. Jo Skinner, author of A World of Silence and The...
Yesterday was stormy but I'm glad I ventured out to St Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point to listen to a recital with Brisbane's beloved soprano Katie Stenzel, formerly young artist...
In Melbourne at a Big Magic book signing at the wonderful Eltham Bookshop in walked Toni Jordan whose exquisite Tenderfoot I had been reading on the long train journey. We...
La Boheme, a new production by Opera Queensland, scored approval generally at Brisbane Festival. With Umberto Clerici conducting the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and two...
Your Eternal Memories presented by the adventurous Camerata, Queensland's Chamber Music ensemble explored memory and the associative role music plays in triggering or creating...
On Saturday 16 August Jo Skinner, Sarah Todman and I gave an author presentation Feminism is Dead: Or Is It? at Cleveland Library. We got together because each of the heroines...
I was recently honoured with an Author Event feature integrated with the Australian Festival of Chamber Music program I had the good fortune to be interviewed by Simon Moore...
It's been busy on the writing front. I was the Writer in Residence for Australian Festival of Chamber Music this year and wrote many reviews - these can be read here on my blog...
Hawkeye Publishing, who published Big Music, is releasing a revised edition of my memoir Elvis and Me: how a world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescued each other. I'm...
