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I'm very honoured to have been contacted to participate in this years New Annual festival in Newcastle. I'll be one of eight speakers on...
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Jul 171 min read
Newcastle August 11 author talk and Collect exhibition
Since the release of my memoir I've done author talks in Queensland, South Australia, Port Macquarie and Lake Macquarie, but I've still...
May 41 min read
Art exhibition opens / Upcoming author talk
Paper Chained International, my first curated art exhibition, is now open and on display until May 31 at Boom Gate Gallery, the art...
Apr 152 min read
Australia's first international prison art exhibition
It's been a while friends, but that's because I've been behind the scenes working on several different projects, the largest of which is...
Nov 11, 20231 min read
Book launch and TV debut
It's not every day you get to have a book launch, and it's not every day you make your debut being interviewed on television either. ...
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Book launch for Raw
Well friends, after many years of rewrites, editing, proofreading and searching for publishers, the big day is finally drawing near. I'm...
May 14, 20231 min read
New academic and prison publications
It's a big month for new published material. The first academic article related to my PhD has just been published by the Alternative Law...
May 7, 20232 min read
Ninth International Cure Conference
It's been an incredibly exciting week both participating and speaking at my first international conference. The Ninth International Cure...
Apr 2, 20231 min read
The Power of Art to Heal
The launch of Loud Sky could not have gone better. My latest art exhibition, which focuses on sharing the stories of survivors of...
Feb 18, 20231 min read
Newcastle Writers Festival, Loud Sky and Paper Chained
Well its been a slow start to blog posts for this year, but that's because I've been incredibly busy behind the scenes. I'm now almost...
Dec 22, 20222 min read
Happy holidays and end of year wrap-up
Well I still can't believe 2022 is almost at an end. Firstly, as the year ends I'm pleased to announce my conference earlier this month,...
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Paper Chained Issue 8 and more
I've very pleased to let everyone know the latest issue of my art and writing magazine for incarcerated people, Paper Chained, has now...
Oct 5, 20221 min read
One City One Book: first international solo exhibition
One City One Book, my sixth solo art exhibition, and first solo international exhibition, is now on display at San Fransisco Public...
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Free September presentations
If you just can't get enough of me, I've got good news. You'll be able to attend two free events in Newcastle that I'll be involved with...
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Art news: Exhibitions and Paper Chained
I'm pleased to announce the launch for my fifth solo art exhibition, Portraits of Crime (pictured), was a great success. The exhibition...
Jul 2, 20222 min read
From Newcastle to San Francisco : Upcoming art exhibitions
It seems these days with my contract to produce Paper Chained magazine quarterly, I spend more time working with the art of others than...
May 22, 20221 min read
Paper Chained Issue 6 released
As you may recall, I took over as editor of the magazine Paper Chained in May last year. My first issue as editor of the then annual...
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Group art exhibitions
I'm very proud to be part of the Flood exhibition, currently on display at Newcastle Art Space. This exhibition features the work of...
Mar 27, 20221 min read
See you at the Gold Coast Film Festival
So as mentioned in my last blog post, my novel Scarred was long-listed for the 2022 Adaptable Program run by the Queensland Writers...
Mar 12, 20221 min read
Scarred long-listed for the 2022 Adaptable program
I'm very pleased to announce my novel Scarred has been long-listed for the 2022 Adaptable program, run by the Queensland Writers Centre....
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