This channel is about my books, fiction and non-fiction, and the processes of writing and publishing. It is also about Australian social history, as evident in many of my videos. My videos are connected with my writing.
In fiction, I write in the genre of the historical novel. My stories focus on the social and political - with some romance - within the second half of the twentieth century and the first decades of the 21st century. My non-fiction books are about political and social issues.
The influences on my writing are philosophy, particularly political philosophy (I have a master’s degree in philosophy, my thesis on Edmund Burke), Catholic belief, Australian history, and great writers like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Evelyn Waugh.
I have been writing and self-publishing my books since 1999. I will talk about my experiences as a possible help for those embarking on a self-publishing career.