I’m heading off to Bundanon this week for a two-week writing residency. Can’t wait. It’s the former home of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd on the Shoalhaven River, bequeathed to the nation and now held in trust, and sounds divine. Perhaps you’ve seen some of his paintings of the area, especially the river and the rock formations.

I’m honoured to have been selected. And thrilled to be getting some solid writing time at last.

Anyway, I’ll be driving up via a spot of research in Canberra at the War Memorial and National Library, then get stuck into drafting 1917, a historical novel for kids.

Expect photos of kangaroos.