past talks

It's truely a great joy to meet people interested in my books. Storytellers all, from start to finish the feedback is frequently heart on the sleeve, always very valuable, often humbling and certainly motivating.  My talks mostly include a visual story in the background.  Always questions and answers. They're a celebration of what’s possible. About ideas that have come to fruition and some meaningful, I hope, encouragement to be the best self you can be. To take risks and embrace change. We learn from our mistakes. 

Some memorable words shared with me after talks:

‘You changed my life.’

‘I had never eaten out alone until I read One and now I’ve just come back from a trip to Italy. On my own.’

‘I moved to Shanghai and wore extra clothes on the plane so I could pack your book.’

’You have such an alive and spirited energy about you, a real spark that inspires me just being around you.’

7th June 2022 at 1pm

A celebration of H o m e at The Stanton Library with The Constant Reader

A talk about colouring outside the line, realising your ideas and making them come to fruition and some meaningful, I hope, encouragement to be the best self you can be. I'll talk about embracing taking risks and change and learning from our mistakes. Expect a visual story running in the background.   Questions and answers too. 

Wednesday, 23rd October 2019 at 6pm.

Constant Reader - constantreader.com.au

27 Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest NSW 2065

Drinks and a talk about the joys of life. I will be talking about what it is like to face your fears, being outside your comfort zone, and wanting to connect with others through words and images.

Saturday, 9th November, 2019 at 3.30pm

The Lost and Found Department - thelostandfounddepartment.com.au

39 Alexandra St, Hunters Hill NSW 2110

Afternoon tea and a talk amongst beautifully curated treasures just in time for Christmas. Lets talk about being lost and found. Bring your stories along and we’ll share.

Thursday, 14th November 2019 at 4pm

Olive and Moss - oliveandmoss.com.au

41 Ridge St, North Sydney NSW 2060

Drinks, treats, and a one-on-one chat in a welcoming and intimate small shop that will be filled with pink blooms that is run by my once-was-assistant during my days at The Bathers Pavilion.

Thursday, 28th November 2019 at 5:30pm

Friends of Libraries Byron Shire at Bangalow Heritage House - byronbayfol.com

Deacon St & Ashton Street, Bangalow NSW 2479

Drinks, nibbles and a talk in a country town I absolutely adore. Bookings via Friends of Libraries Byron Shire website.

Wednesday, 20th February 2019 at
10am & 5:30pm

Food & Words - Kitchen Table Talks

Barbara Sweeney of Food and Words was inspired by years of gravitating to the kitchen at parties and enjoying some of life’s most important conversations around the kitchen table (plus, the sipping on an infinitesimal number of cups of tea) and so has organised two cookbook authors, Tessa Kiros and Emiko Davies, who both live in Italy to join me at my table to talk food, books, cookery and photography.

Small gatherings of 10 to allow questions to be asked and answered.

Saturday, 17th February 2017 from 1pm

Quilt NSW - Members only

Colour comforts

A talk about how colour influences our everyday decisions and moods in subliminal ways. Colour is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the world. The role that history and varying cultures play has an influence on individual colours and this will be demonstrated through images from my travels. 

We will also discuss the importance of placement and choice of hues so that they affect us in positive ways. 

Saturday, 11th March 2017 from 9:30am-4pm

In conversation: creative women
North Sydney Community Centre
$80 includes light lunch
Bookings via www.northsydneycentre.com.au

A full day of talks with creative women. Last year I was interviewed by Caroline Lockhart (former editor of Vogue Entertaining, Gourmet Traveller, Qantas Magazine). This year I will interview Sally Campbell of Sally Campbell Textiles (sallycampbell.com.au). It's a day of exploring creativity and what makes inspirational women tick, collaboration, connections and how practice and personal values inform professional careers. 

Sunday, 19th March 2017 from 2-5pm

Colour: a journey
Limited number - small group
North Sydney Community Centre
$100 including a copy of Colour
Bookings via www.northsydneycentre.com.au

This Colour Workshop is about making creative choices, finding your palette and gaining the confidence not to waiver from what feels just right to you. Your curiosity about colour will be fed with talk of harmony, companionship, tone, discord, cultural meanings, country colours and an important discussion on whether your sense of composition is learnt or instinctive. Lets have some fun together

Wednesday, 28th June 2017

Connecting with colour

Talk commences at 6pm
Stylistik, Shop M46, Greenwood Plaza, North Sydney
Bookings essential
info@stylistik.com.au or 0413 060 006

Having started off in dress design, I've been a fashion editor for Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines, a freelance stylist and art director, founded The Film Business production company, the Russell Hotel, and Balmoral’s Bathers Pavilion and now spend my time writing and photographing books - The Bathers Pavilion Cookbook, One, Colour and Real.

My career feels like a natural progression. I’ve followed my instincts as new and interesting paths have opened up and allowed me to use what I’ve learnt along the way. With application and focus one opportunity leads into another; determination and persistence count for much too.

This talk will encourage you to follow your heart, be prepared to take risks and express yourself individually and genuinely so you can achieve your dreams.