It’s finally here! Bounty is officially out in the world and I’m excited to be speaking about it at my first Sydney author event at Gordon Library on Tuesday June 16 at 6.30 pm. It’s free (including a glass of wine!). In a recent interview with Hornsby Magazine, I was asked whether I intended to write any more books – a question I should have anticipated, but which somehow caught me off guard. Did I?

Meet Bounty who stormed into my life at a time when I was struggling with multiple sclerosis. This stocky agent of change is the unlikely star of my forthcoming memoir. But what I really want to talk about is the thorny issue of writing about real people. After all, who owns a story?

Dear readers, a ditty is all I have time for right now as I complete the final editing phase of my next memoir on multiple sclerosis, friendship and an unruly rescue dog. But feeling the creative juices flowing in this stunning crisp spring air prompted me to pen a note of encouragement to my future self…