Publications

I’ve written for newspapers, magazines, websites and creative writing journals. I’ve also worked in the university sector writing grant applications, annual reports, newsletters, web content, policy documents and a range of corporate publications. Below is a select list  of my publications for media.

Essays

This is Not a Hobby, Meanjin, Volume 69 Number 2, 2010.

Column and Lifestyle

Outside the Net, Australian Catholics, 2010.
Family Memories For Sale, Herald Sun, 2009.
Grandad Still Worth Gold to Me, Herald Sun, 2008.
Home is Where the Heart Is, The Age, 2007.
Mother Download: Facing the Music, The Age, 2007.
Be Careful What You Wish For, The Scene, 2007.

Features

High-tech Health in the Bush, Eureka Street, 2010.
Confronting Housing Inequality, Eureka Street, 2009.
iPhone Junkies Fuel Techsclusivity, Eureka Street, 2008.
Confessions of a Videogame Junkie, Eureka Street. 2008.
Polar World, Museum Victoria Magazine, 2007
Roleplaying, The Big Issue, 2000.
Is the game over?, The Big Issue, 1999.

Short Fiction

Fast Track Facsimile, Six Sentences, 2009.
A Shagger’s Tail, Everyday Weirdness, 2009.

Book Chapters

Grandad Still Worth Gold To Me, The Perfect Gift For A Man, 2009.

Research

Sending the Right Message: Use and Access of ICT for Communicating Messages of Health and Community Wellbeing to CALD Communities, (O’Mara, B., Babacan, H. and Borland, H.) Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives, Victoria University, Melbourne, 2010.

Empowering Multicultural Australian Communities through the Use and Application of ICT, 6th Prato Community Informatics & Development Informatics Conference 2009: Empowering communities – learning from community informatics practice, (4-6 November 2009, Monash Centre, Prato Italy), Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, 2009.

‘Deconstructing White Privilege: Racism, Cultural Diversity and Creative Writing’, The Complexities of Racism: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on “Racisms in the New World Order, University of the Sunshine Coast, 2008.

Reviews

Wilco @ The Forum, Melbourne, TheDwarf.com.au, 6 May, 2010
Andromeda, 2000 Mavericks, The Smallgoods, Beat, 2002.
Diary of a writer: the creation of a Tropfest short, Vibewire, 2002.
Dancer in the Dark, Vibewire, 2001.
Any Given Sunday, Vibewire, 2001.
The Virgin Suicides, Vibewire, 2001.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Vibewire, 2001.
Gladiator, Vibewire, 2001.
What Women Want, Vibewire, 2001.