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    THE WRITING LIFE: Archive
Musings on the Writing Life can be found below:
The Tower
Shortlisted
Conversation
Murmurations
Happiness Glass
The Quiet Hour
Capturing The Castle
On Gathering, And Paring Back
Life On The Open Road
Depths Of Glitter
The Sleepers Almanac
The Joy Of The Shortlist
Night In The Garden
Things We Do And Do Not See Coming
The Secret Lives Of Rooms
The Comfort Of A Creative Journal
Love of Letters
Notes on the Gothic Garden & its Flowers
A Time To Gather Seed
From A Chair In The Garden
Being A Writer: Ten True Things
Of Machines And Paper Boats
Tuition & Mentoring
The Idea Of A Chair
Working Through The Writing Seasons
The Last Book
The Romance Of The House
Writing In The Dark
The Pleasures of Pen And Ink
Writing Towards A New Year
Living In The Dumb Blonde
The Patient Art
The Art Of Reading
A Few Of My Favourite Things
A Time To Speak, A Time To Be Silent
Seeking The Inevitable
A Writing Summer
The People's Choice Award
The Carolan Thread
Death Wishes
On The Gentle Art Of Jam Making
On The Blessing Of Beauty
Talking Books
Book Reviews
Writing wet-in-wet
If You Were Mine
- Book Launch
In An Altered State Of Mind
On The Death Of Nuala O'Faolain
Nights in the Asylum
wins the 2008 Nita B. Kibble Literary Award
Shortlisted for the Nita B. Kibble Literary Award - April 2008
Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize - February 2008
Summer Reading - January 2008
Jacaranda Time - November 2007
Back From Ireland - October 2007
When Writers and Readers Meet - September 2007
Cafe Writing - August 2007
Sydney Writers' Festival 2007
Book Launch
UK Publication Day
Publication Day - Australia
First print of the novel arrives
January 2007
Book Contract - July 2006
An Audience With Murray Bail
First Offers - April 2006
Adelaide Writers' Week - March 2006
Submitting The Novel - February 2006
Christmas Page - December 2005
The End of the Academic Year - November 2005