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Karen Harrland

A Personal Review

What a lovely, honest and inspiring book. You write beautifully with careful insight into what to put in your story but more importantly what not to put in. I love your sense of adventure coupled with your strong environmental ethics… Read More »A Personal Review

Book of the Week

Many thanks to the Mercury paper and Book Reviewer Rachel Edwards for making Spinifex Baby book of the week. The Tasmanian Community have been so supportive of my book. I feel very lucky.

A New Baby

When my neighbour was about to have her baby, it’s as though the world took a deep breath and held it until the baby was safely born. The mother and baby are now revered, cosseted and adored by the community, as if the world has… Read More »A New Baby

Tassie Launch

       Snow softened the top of Mt Wellington and freezing blasts of wind pushed woollen clad crowds off the streets into Fullers Bookshop on Thursday night. The contrast was stark as Chris Gallagher and I conversed about the realities of living in the heart… Read More »Tassie Launch

Two days to go..

Two days until the Tasmanian launch at Fullers bookshop. It ‘s such an honour to be able to have this event surrounded by people who helped me over the past five years to make this book a reality.