I’m writing so slowly that you might be wondering if I’m ever going to get anything published.

Well wonder no more. I’m happy to say extracts of my memoir, ‘The Green Island Notebook’ are published in the anthology Destinations & Detours: New Australian Writing.

Published by Detour Editions, the collection launches here in Sydney on Sunday 2nd March 2025, and if you happen to be in the vicinity, I’d be delighted to meet you in person.

Book Launch 2pm, Sunday 2nd March, at Randwick Literary Institute, 60 Clovelly Road, Randwick NSW

The book cover of Destinations & Detours features a bird inside a yellow circle, with the authors' names listed below.

Watch out too for news of how you can get your hands on a copy, wherever in the world you find yourself.

And this isn’t the only news on the publishing front. I’ll be sharing details of some further publishing adventures very soon.

But don’t worry, whatever happens, I’ll still be writing slowly.

A stylized illustration of birds surrounded by foliage is set against a yellow circle, accompanied by text highlighting an anthology of short stories by five Australian writers. The text reads, Five Australian writers journey through memory, time, and space in this anthology of short stories and reflections that take us from rural Australia to Ireland, China and back to the very heart of the vast continent they call home.

Randwick Literary Institute, the venue for our book launch, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025. Here it is in 1957, and it hasn’t changed much since then:

A historic black-and-white street scene features a tram on tracks beside the Randwick Literary Institute building, surrounded by power lines and nearby pedestrians.

A dimly lit Randwick Literary Institute building is partially obscured by tree shadows under evening light.

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