home about museum novels non-fiction contact tuition     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