Before heading to Auckland and Sydney I spent two weeks taking photos of birds from my deck and along the road I live on.  No moa sightings;...

NB: This post just collects the four separate posts on my Sydney Writers' Festival and Commonwealth Writers' Prize experience into o...

For the full story you should read: Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, Part One and Part Two Sydney Writers' Festival, Part One ,...

I know I said the other day that I'd write one more post about my time in Sydney, but it turns out a lot happened in those last two days...

There will be a third and final instalment that covers my finals days at the 2011 Sydney Writers Festival, but this will act as a stop-gap u...

Picking up where I left off a few days ago... Tuesday night was the opening of the Sydney Writers Festival, which was kicked off by an addr...

Our hotel, the Sebel Pier One Yesterday was my first full day in Sydney. I went to the Blue Mountains along with the other two regional f...

You can read my first AWRF post here. I am typing this in the International Terminal at Auckland Airport. It will, however, be much later ...