If you enjoy gripping wartime romance with a dash of mystery and intrigue, you'll love The Mapmaker's Secret! Available on Amazon, or directly from me.

I’m pleased to be featured in this anthology of sweet romance stories from Romance Writer’s of Australia.

“He’s a charismatic Australian bomber pilot used to beating the odds. She’s the straight-laced radio operator he speaks to each night before he flies. He makes a bet that he can steal a kiss….and ends up getting much more than he bargained for.” Find out more about my debut novel.

Take notice of these tips for professional voice users to help you sound your best every time you need to speak.

It’s natural to think since you can both read and speak, you are a good fit to narrate your own audiobooks. However, there are some important questions to ask yourself before you go down this route.

As a word wrangler who works with written and spoken words, as well as a voracious reader, I find the trend towards audiobooks very exciting. In fact, my mind explodes with the possibilities inherent in the rise of audiobooks and digital storytelling.

Cecelia Tichi’s book Jazz Age Cocktails is my favourite type of book: One that interprets social history through recipes.

I recently had the pleasure of working with Bundaberg Tourism to tell some of the sustainability success stories from that beautiful part of the country.

My recipe for Spiked Chai Marsala is based on research for my recent book. I lost count of the number of references I found to “rum-laced tea” being drunk by airmen during the post-op debrief at Bomber Command.

I dare you not to get cravings after watching this profile of an amazing Australian artisan!

You can see the actual face I made when I ate a whole cricket for the first time, listen to me grapple with the health and sustainability arguments around eating insects and get a little lesson from food history.

A food writer and a dietitian live-streamed their cooking during lockdown...then something strange started happening

In wartime England, the Ministry of Food promoted carrot as a sweetener in cakes and biscuits to replace heavily-rationed sugar. But their recipe for carrot cake is very different to the cream-cheese-coated cake we cook today.

I’m so proud to have worked on this video series with the Australian Macadamia Society featuring some truly amazing creators.

This recipe is a modern interpretation of an operational supper at Bomber Command. It’s the kind of thing that today we order for brunch in a cafe after a night out, when we want grease to soak up the excesses of the previous night. But at Bomber Command, stomachs were being lined for a different reason.

Read my article from Wellbeing magazine issue 189 on the benefits of Community Supported Agriculture for both farmers and eaters.

This marinade is, to this day, one of my favourite ways to use turmeric. It spices up the usual backyard BBQ routine with golden goodness.

The plant that was once so valuable that it could pay a king’s ransom and the indulgent pepper recipe I took with me when I left home to go to uni.

Caraway is not one of the superstar-spices like nutmeg, cinnamon or pepper that drove the exploration of the ‘new’ world. Instead, it is a ubiquitous spice that has been used throughout history and cultivated across the world.