I’m thrilled to have a memoir piece accepted for this beautiful anthology, coming out on Valentine’s Day this year. My piece, The Women in White, is a deeply personal but fictionalised memoir about how the first few days of our lives can imprint us with their trauma, and how that plays out across our lives. Here’s a little excerpt in…
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Coaxing the sweet things: My dad and dementia
There are currently an estimated 472,000 Australians with dementia. My father is one of them. Going into it, I knew it would be something of a rollercoaster, but nothing really prepares you for how erratic, demanding and wearying it really is to care for someone slowly losing pieces of themselves. You expect memory loss, some anger issues, the slow fade.…
Magic Dirt: Sustainable Laundry Liquid
Asking your customers to wash their clothes in dirt seems like a big ask, but for Frankie Layton, it’s a gamble that’s paying off…
Grief And The Need To Fix Our Driver Training
Last year, one of my dearest friends lost her 19-year-old son to a freak motorbike accident…
Guilt-free Coffee Pods
When faced with the environmental problem of coffee pods, Toby Strong decided not only to do something about it, but also wow people in the process…