Ma -rvelous

Delighted to contribute to beautiful new book from Tuttle.

Ma – the ineffable space in between. The pause that means and matters.

Honour of illustrating Pico Iyer’s musings on conversation both a challenge and pleasure.

A tribute to Ken Rodgers’ dedication to thoughtful editing.

wood for the trees (+ paper)

Sennen ki (Mitoku-san). 2025 woodblock print.

The Heron and the Sake (how do you live?) honourable mention @ Awagami International Mini Print exhibition 2025.


Based in Tokushima, Japan’s foremost washi manufacturer for centuries is now under the 7th generation master papermaker.

karajia award

Announced during Nature Book week, When the World Was Soft received the Wilderness Society’s Karajia and Environment award for Children’s Literature.

‘Excellently laid out and a wondrous connection of art & literacy.’

Thank you to Blak Douglas and all the judges for the comments and recognition.

NSW literary awards

Indigenous Writers’ Prize 2025 Shortlisted – and now winner

Judges’ Comments

When the World Was Soft brings Yindjibarndi creation stories to the page in a way that honours both tradition and innovation. These are stories from a strong Law area in the Pilbara, where the right way to tell, share and hold stories has been carefully considered. Told through the collective voice of the Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation, the language moves between poetic cadence and sharp clarity, holding on to the rhythms of oral storytelling while making space for readers unfamiliar with its forms. 

The graphic novel format works as an extension of how these stories have always been told — layered, dynamic and deeply relational. Conversations shift across time, moving between human and more-than human voices, reinforcing that creation stories are not distant myths but part of the present. Rather than translating these stories into a Western literary mould, the book shapes itself around the cultural, linguistic and philosophical frameworks from which they emerge.