I’m delighted to have won a 2021 Australian Society of Authors Mentorship! I’ll be teaming up with John Zubrzycki, who’ll assist me with a structural edit of my new manuscript - Wayne Bergmann’s Biography. John is a former senior writer for The Australian and he has a long career in publishing, journalism and teaching. He’ll bring to the manuscript fresh eyes, a fresh perspective, and a wealth of experience in biography and narrative non-fiction. I was lucky to be one of only twenty authors selected for the program, out of a whopping pool of three hundred.

The first drafts of both my previous books, Troppo and Red Can Origami, were unruly, uneven and oddly paced. I learned that a critical and objective assessment is a crucial step in the process toward publication. This mentorship will allow me to receive feedback on the manuscript, and consider ways to target the book to an audience beyond Western Australia. We’re set to get started in August of this year!

I’d like to offer a huge thanks to the Australian Society of Authors and the Copyright Agency for this opportunity.