Just when I’m settling back into home life it would appear time to pack up the suitcase again. Good job the family are so self-sufficient (and that I managed not to catch the dreaded lurgy that has had them all coughing, sneezing and overheating for the past fortnight).

This week I’m off to the Corrigin Young Writers’ Festival. For those unfamiliar to WA that’s about 3 hours south-east of Perth, into the wheatbelt area that Sally Murphy (children’s author) recently quoted as ‘not good at doing green’.

Along with me doing workshops is Scot Gardner, a young adult’s writer from the east coast. I’m also told that the afore mentioned Sally (quiet and retiring, yeh right!) will be around to introduce and stir. Ah now here’s a question, is it a prerequisite for all residents of Corrigin to stir, or is it just the little enclave that I’ve met?

Anyway, while most of the workshops are during class time on Friday at the High School, I’m also talking on writing true-life short stories at the Senior Citz Hall Friday morning and doing individual coaching sessions on Saturday morning before heading back to Perth (and hopefully to a house free of flu bugs). So if you’re passing, or fancy a drive, feel free to drop in. Just don’t ask me about entry fees, because that I’m not sure of.