Many things have returned to normal here after our long summer holidays. School and work have started, limited sport is back, shops are open...

This week I've been working on promoting the Down to Earth paperback on radio and writing articles for magazines and online. The weathe...

I had some new paperback Down to Earth books sent to me during the week and decided to sign and sell them. I sent the first batch off yester...

We've continued to get the garden ready for summer but the most important part of this week has been preparing for the publication of th...

We got our internet connection back yesterday afternoon so I'm pleased to be back with you. There'll be no Weekend Reading today bec...

This is a continuation of this story   We set off on our first book tour just before Down to Earth was to be published on 22 February,...

A few new readers have ask about my books, how I got published and how I fit writing into my daily routine, so I thought  there may be othe...

My first book,  Down to Earth,  is seven years old today, it was published 22 February, 2012. My editor, Jo Rosenberg, said she thought the...

Just a couple of reminders for you today. The Book Depository in the UK is now selling Australian books and The Simple Home is listed as...

We're home. We stopped to pick up some milk and bread, then cruised into our driveway and both breathed a sigh of relief. We did it! Al...

It's the last leg of the tour and we're currently relaxing at Tricia's pretty cottage in Blackheath. We're all tired but st...

We survived Melbourne. The day started for us on the car ferry from Tasmania and we drove into Melbourne's gloomy and rainy weather at ...

Stopping for a cuppa on the way to Cygnet and Kettering, south of Hobart. We're going to Freycinet today on the east coast of the i...

We're in Wangaratta!  We arrived yesterday afternoon after a lovely drive through the Victorian high country. We called in at Yackandan...

I'm sitting here in our hotel room 22 floors up. We can't hear any outside noise, it feels like a bit of a tomb. Hanno is fast asle...