My Beloved Australia Has Become Confusing
This essay reflects on a year that unsettled my understanding of Australia.
The Magic of Kindness
After the lockdowns, the world didn’t get kinder. And that surprised me.
My Best Friend Flo
I call her Flo. Not out of familiarity or irreverence, but because over time she stopped feeling like an author I read and began to feel like someone I returned to. A steady voice on the shelf. A companionable presence rather than a doctrine.
Life and Recognising Kindness
This is the first story in The Little Book of Kindness — a series of small reflections on everyday acts that quietly change us. I was fifteen, in Narrogin and my Gran had died… this was her funeral, my first experience at losing a loved one.
S is for Self
Self—with a capital S—is, in Jung’s view, the essence of being human. He says “the privilege of a lifetime, is to become who you truly are.” — an extract from the memoirs of Billie Harper.