Loved to see this reader picture taken at Echo Point, Lake St Clair, Tasmania. Looks like a tremendous start to the day. Continue Reading

It was my pleasure to host a panel 'Place and Imagination' at this year's Tasmanian Readers and Writers Festival. Wonderful authors Stephanie Bishop, Katherine Scholes and Cate Kennedy took the audience through the importance of place and belonging, memory and imagination....and finished with some Continue Reading

Hear some more about Only the Empty Sky in this interview of author Russell Kelly by 936 ABC Hobart host Ryk Goddard. 4 Sep 2015   Hear the interview below.   Transcript:   File Name:   150904rk_interview Duration:      00:08:36 Continue Reading

  It is with great excitement I can write that Only the Empty Sky is now available for purchase. It has been a tremendous journey to get the novel onto the shelf and I am looking forward to helping it make its way in the world. For those who would like to purchase the book now, you can Continue Reading

  I'm very excited to be hosting a panel at the Tasmanian Writers & Readers Festival. The panel session called 'Place and Imagination' includes contributions from three wonderful Australian writers - Katherine Scholes, Cate Kennedy and Stephanie Bishop. All three writers have a strong Continue Reading

As a bird species quietens towards extinction it begins to reveal to us the truth. First it becomes uncommon, then rare, then folklore. It's no longer noticed on the beach, or sitting atop the farm gate. It's missing from the forest, which is quieter, more inscrutable as a result. Even if once the Continue Reading