Hanging out on Radio 4EB

Hanging out on Radio 4EB

In May, Radio 4EB FM invited me to their Brisbane studios. I was interviewed by Maureen and Nathalie who host Women’s Profile for the multicultural radio station that broadcasts in more than 50 languages. We talked about writing, how I became the Pop Up Story...
Inaugural Wild Readings

Inaugural Wild Readings

Wild Readings: a public reading series for the storyteller in everyone Our first Wild Readings was a success. Tables were full at Mu’ooz Restaurant in Brisbane’s West End and writers were ready to read. In order of appearance: Lisa Southgate, who works on...
Francesca: a musician on belonging and support

Francesca: a musician on belonging and support

But maybe this is a whole different spiritual level that I’m just starting to tap into. It’s not on a human level. It’s on a spiritual level. It’s not fair to expect others to fill the hole. So it’s  a very strange concept, belonging. You’ve got to feel it. No one can...
Paula and son Joshua on the colour of belonging

Paula and son Joshua on the colour of belonging

Paula and her son Joshua (12) discuss the colour of belonging, immigration and learning a new language Paula: Belonging is every experience you have, like every morning in your life you have some experience and putting everything together it belongs to you and you can...
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (The Bodley Head, Penguin Random House UK, 2016) I finished this book in tears last night. I heard the long-silenced voice of Paul Kalanithi, how he weighed his internal and external moral dilemmas and tried to work and live...