On being widowed: Sarah Watt and William McInnes
Tonight I learned that Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt died earlier this month. Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake - it was more than three weeks ago. She leaves…
Let’s Take the Long Way Home: a memoir of friendship and grief
I discovered Gail Caldwell's first book, the memoir A Strong West Wind, in a rare moment of serendipitous book-buying in an old-fashioned bookstore. Reading other people's memoirs that year while…
Happy 40th birthday, Maud Newton
That we have all survived literary blogger Maud Newton's 40th birthday - it fell on the same day as the rapture that wasn't - is no excuse for you not…
Stephanie Dowrick reflects on grief and the Young Widow’s Book
I was honoured to discover that acclaimed author, public speaker, and spiritual commentator Dr Stephanie Dowrick referred to my memoir, The Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement, in her most…