Accidental Magic

I captured this image while walking in the Pukenui Forest in Te Kamō. I’d been working hard on promoting ‘Julia Eichardt: A Life of Grit and Grace’ and needed a break. Setting out early one morning after dropping the dog off at the sitter, I entered the bush shortly after sunrise. As I wandered down this path, the sun cleared …

  • Studio portrait of woman.
  • Pile of books informing an historical novel

Upcoming…

On August 1st 2025 my historical novel, ‘Julia Eichardt, A Life of Grit and Grace’ will be released by Flying Books. I’ll share the cover as soon as I can. It’s beautiful. 🙂 Julia was born in Ireland and raised in Australia. In her early twenties, she travelled to Queenstown, then the centre of a gold rush. Starting at Bracken’s Queens …

Review of Mila and The Bone Man – Landfall, February 2024

https://landfallreview.com/i-held-hands-with-the-frightened-the-newly-born-the-bereft-the-dying-and-the-sick/ Reviews are one of the frightening aspects of being an author. Sometimes, reviewers just ‘don’t get’ the book they’ve been assigned. Sometimes, they hate it. That doesn’t mean other readers will have the same response. Sometimes, though, a book and a reviewer are in synch. Thank you, for this lovely review.

Early morning inspiration.

Here we are at the tiring end of the year. It’s summer solstice today in New Zealand. We’ve had sunshine, high humidity, a thunderstorm and torrential rain. At least it isn’t cold. Mila and the Bone Man is out in the world and has had some lovely reviews. I am currently editing The Anatomists’ Handbook. 2023 will see the republishing …