LOVESICK (WINNER OF THE 2016 XO ROMANCE PRIZE)
Beth is an absolute wreck. She is certain that she has some kind of disease—a fatal one, most likely. She is also very single and quite keen on her colleague, Dr Brendan Roberts. He seems to fancy her, too—well, until The Morning After. Beth knows it’s time to sort out her messy life, but she has no idea where to start.
Enter Shane—a slightly dishevelled forklift driver. He may not be suave or wealthy, but he does laugh at Beth’s jokes and remember how she likes her coffee. Plus, the more they hang out, the healthier she feels. But when Shane suddenly cuts off all communication, Beth starts to think there’s no such thing as The One, and she decides to stop being slapdash and move on. Only life is never that simple, and Beth must take a chance if she hopes to find the cure to her ills.
Lovesick is a light-hearted romance about getting sick, getting better and taking risks.
ISBN 9781925143539
RRP $29.99
SHORT STORY AWARDS
Coffee with Martina
Shortlisted in Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Award 2024
Pink
Highly commended in the Rachel Funari Prize 2023
Sauce
Shortlisted in the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023
A Bold Lip
Shortlisted in the Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Award 2022
Someone Like You
Shortlisted in the Stuart Hadow Short Story Competition 2021
All I Want
Highly commended in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition 2021
Hot in Two Ways
Second prize in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition 2021
Straining at the Leash
Shortlisted in the Furphy Literary Award 2020
Risk Assessment
Commended in the Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize 2020
Pink
Shortlisted in the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2020
Bookkeeping
Third prize in the Boroondara Literary Award 2019
Forty
Highly commended in the Society of Women Writers NSW National Writing Competition 2019
Modern Pedagogical Theory
Shortlisted in the Lane Cove Literary Award 2019
Damaged Sole
Third prize in the AlburyCity Short Story Award 2019
Baby
First prize in the Estelle Pinney Short Story Competition 2019
Ex
First prize in the Lane Cove Literary Award 2018
Such a Plain Girl
Commended in the Estelle Pinney Writing Competition 2018
Suffering is Universal
Third prize in the Newcastle Short Story Award (Open Section) 2018
Important, Sentimental & Rubbish
First prize in the Boroondara Literary Award 2017
Suffering is Universal
Shortlisted in the Rachel Funari Prize 2017
Charlie and Keith
Shortlisted in the Elyne Mitchell Writing Award 2010
PUBLISHED WORK (NON-FICTION/FICTION)
THE AGE/SMH
'Happy to declutter, but there's one thing I can't throw out' (14/1/23)
‘Why my lack of beauty is a blessing’ (9/1/23)
'Irrationally irate: Why do people abuse strangers about things that don't matter?' (9/8/17)
'Love letters' (8/7/17)
‘Dire emergencies and other freelance frustrations’ (25/7/16)
‘My Place’ (10/7/16)
‘My Place’ (26/6/16)
‘It’s a challenge to be kind in a fearsome world’ (8/4/16)
‘I’m staying analog in the age of the digital native’
The Age (18/1/16)
‘Stuff the VCE. I just want to have babies!’
The Age (16/12/15)
TEN DAILY
‘There Are 11 Types Of Voter. Which One Are You?’ (April 2019)
‘The REAL Reason Gladys Berejiklian Won The NSW Election’ (March 2019)
‘Does A Mullet Automatically Make You A Bogan?’ (Feb 2019)
‘Y Bad Grammer Is Probs The Best Lifestyle Change U Can Make’ (Feb 2019)
‘Why You Should Never Imagine Your Ideal Partner’ (Jan 2019)
‘I Didn’t Think My 10-Year-Old Needed A Phone But I Was Wrong’ (Jan 2019)
‘This Is When You Should Take Down Your Christmas Decorations’ (Dec 2018)
‘The Only Piece Of Marriage Advice You’ll Ever Need’ (Dec 2018)
‘The Importance Of Sex, Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll For Children’ (Dec 2018)
‘Expectation Vs Reality: The Joy Of Your Kid's End Of Year School Concert’ (Dec 2018)
‘Why I've Cancelled All Presents This Christmas’ (Nov 2018)
‘Is It Okay For Your Partner To Have Friends Of The Opposite Sex?’ (Nov 2018)
‘The 7 Different Ways People Don't Talk Properly’ (Oct 2018)
‘I TYPED IN ALL CAPS FOR A WEEK AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED’ (Oct 2018)
‘Would You Speak Up If You Saw Someone Smacking Their Child?’ (Oct 2018)
‘If A Woman In A Run Club Falls In The Forest, Does Anybody Hear?’ (Sept 2018)
‘Please Stop Judging My 50 Shades of Grey’ (Sept 2018)
‘Is It Okay To Pop A Joke In A Cover Letter?’ (Sept 2018)
‘Can I Hug A Stranger's Child If They're Injured?’ (Aug 2018)
‘Why Can’t We Tell The Truth At Funerals?’ (Aug 2018)
HUFFPOST
‘Buying A New Bed Unleashed The Memories From Between My Sheets’ (Aug 2017)
‘Aldi Was Great Before It Spoilt Me For Choice’ (Aug 2017)
‘I Spent Years Trying To Get Pregnant, And Now I'm Trying Not To’ (March 2017)
‘If You Want A House, Move To The Country’ (March 2017)
'It's Not Worth Resisting Antibiotics For Antibiotic Resistance’ (Jan 2017)
‘Can't Afford To Buy A House? Maybe You're Too Pretty’ (Oct 2016)
‘I Can't Recognise My Friends. Or My Husband’ (Oct 2016)
‘Al chico que me piropeó hace 20 años’ (Spanish edition) (Sept 2016)
‘A Letter To The Boy Who Gave Me A Compliment 20 Years Ago’ (Aug 2016)
‘Moving In With My Partner Made Me Incredibly Lonely’ (Aug 2016)
‘Private Schools Should Be Expelled From The Education System’ (May 2016)
'High Intensity Interval Training Highly Intensified My Marriage' (April 2016)
‘My Daughter Is Just Like Me, And I Hate It’ (Feb 2016)
‘The A to Z of “Q&A”: What Tony Jones Needs To Focus On This Year’ (Jan 2016)
‘Every School Holidays I Get “Real Job” Envy’ (Jan 2016)
‘A Conversation With An Egotist Is Not A Conversation’ (Jan 2016)
‘My New Year’s Resolution Is To Stop Being So Bloody Good’ (Jan 2016)
'14 Milestones That You Should Really Applaud' (Dec 2015)
‘My Husband Thinks I Should See A Psychologist’ (Dec 2015)
‘I Might Be “Established Middle” But Don’t Think You Know Me’ (Dec 2015)
ASSORTED PUBLICATIONS
'Coffee with Martina' Ada Cambridge Award Anthology (2024)
'Sauce' adda (2023)
'A Bold Lip' Ada Cambridge Award Anthology (2022)
'Straining at the Leash' The Furphy Anthology (2020)
'The rollercoaster of living with health anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic' SBS Insight (Aug 2020)
‘Not Just a Romance’ The Victorian Writer (Feb-Mar 2018)
‘Two Plumbers’ Offset Seventeen (Oct 2017)
'Of Birds' Flightpath, Hallowell Press (Oct 2017)
‘Giving Women an Expanse of Space’ Castlemaine Mail (2/12/16)
‘Seasonal Menagerie’ Visible Ink (Nov 2016)
‘Delivery’ Offset Sixteen (Oct 2016)
‘So Much Potential’ Offset Sixteen (Oct 2016)
‘Ballarat Silverbeet Tart’ Australia Cooks, Harper Collins (2016)
'How I became a meditation convert' The Juice Daily (April 2016)
‘A grave reminder of the importance of vaccines’ The Motherish (March 2016)
'I took my two-year-old to a job interview' The Motherish (Feb 2016)
‘Everywhere I go, my kids go too’ The Motherish (Jan 2016)
‘Ladies and lattes’ recorded for ABC radio and Radio National (Jan 2016)
‘We’re on an exciting plane. All the kids want is an iPad’ The Motherish (Dec 2015)
‘I didn’t notice that she had turned blue’ Mamamia (Dec 2015)
‘I can tell my kids the truth about Santa if I want to’ Mamamia (Dec 2015)
‘Why my kids can't play at your house’ Mamamia (Oct 2015) and The Motherish (Dec 2015)
‘Might catch something’ It Happened on a Fishing Trip, Affirm Press (2015)
‘Must have a GSOH and ESP’ recorded for ABC radio and Radio National (Sept 2015)
‘I ticked everything’ CHILD (June 2015)
‘Ladies’ day’ CHILD (May 2015)
‘Returning to work (or not)’ CHILD (Feb 2015)
‘Star chart mum’ CHILD (Dec 2014)
‘Every weekend from then on’ It Happened in a Holden, Affirm Press (2014)
‘Audrey’s ready for Prep’ The Courier (2012)
‘Riffraff’ 21D, issue 3 (2011)
‘Quiet path to artistic success’ The Canberra Times (2008)
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