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current projects

- The Eclipse audiobook is - finally! - available through itunes and the Lifestyle Pod Network:

- First literary collaboration underway;
- Wrote five commissioned core love stories for I Could Be Me, artist David Bromley's series of short films (narrated by Hugo Weaving of The Matrix and Lord of the Rings). I Could Be Me premiered at the 2008 Adelaide Arts Festival;
- Latvian translation of The Eclipse underway;
- My essay, The Language of the Dead, published in the Allen & Unwin anthology Some Girls Do ... My Life As A Teenager;
- Contributed to What Is Mother Love? (Penguin); and
- Contributed to two anthologies - one Australian; one American - scheduled for publication in 2009.

recent pieces

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, August 2008;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, July 2008;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, July 2008;

- Literary essay, Men's Style, September 2008;

- Literary interview, Men's Style, August 2008;

- Essay, Vogue, July 2008;

- Feature, Elle, October 2008;

- Feature, Vive, June 2008;

- Feature, Elle, June 2008;

- Feature, Men's Style, July 2008;

- Feature, Arena, June 2008;

- Feature, Arena, July 2008;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, May 2008;

- Feature, Arena, March 2008;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, April 2008;

- Feature, My Child, May 2008;

- Arena, May 2008;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, March 2008;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, April 2008;

- Feature interview, EW, December 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, November 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, December 2007;

- Feature, Vive, January 2008;

- Feature interview, The South China Morning Post, November 2007;

- Column, My Child, December 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, October 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, October 2007;

- Feature, The Weekend Australian Magazine, September 2007;

- Feature, Men's Style, October 2007;

- Interview, The South China Morning Post, August 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, July 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, July 2007;

- Feature, The South China Morning Post, June 2007;

- Feature, FL, July 2007;

- Literary critique, Harper's Bazaar, August 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, May 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, May 2007;

- Essay, Fresh Yarn, USA, May 2007;

- Interview, Harper's Bazaar, June 2007;

- Literary critique, Harper's Bazaar, June 2007;

- Fashion essay, The Australian, May 2007;

- Interview, The South China Morning Post, April 2007;

- Literary critique, Harper's Bazaar, May 2007;

- Fashion essay, The Australian, March 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, April 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, April 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, March 2007;

- Interview, The South China Morning Post, February 2007;

- Essay, Men's Style, July 2007;

- Essay, Cosmopolitan, May 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, January 2006;

- Column, My Child, February 2007;

- Major essay, Men's Style, February 2007;

- Literary interview, The South China Morning Post, December 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, January 2007;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, January 2007;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, November 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, November 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, October 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, October 2006;

- Column, My Child, November 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, October 2006;

- Major essay, Men's Style, November 2006;

- Essay, The Weekend Australian, August 2006;

- Column, Harper's Bazaar, October 2006;

- Column, Harper's Bazaar, September 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, July 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, July 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, July 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, July 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, June 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, June 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, June 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, June 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, May 2006;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, May 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, May 2006;

- Essay, Harper's Bazaar, July 2006;

- Feature interview, The Weekend Australian Magazine, April 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, January 2006;

- Column, EW, March 2006;

- Feature interview, Men's Style (Aus), March 2006;

- Feature interview, The South China Morning Post, November 2005;

- Essay, EW, February 2006;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, November 2005;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, November 2005;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, November 2005;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, October 2005;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, October 2005;

- Deepak Chopra interview, January 2006;

- Column, Home Beautiful, January 2006;

- Major feature, Men's Style, January 2006;

- Introduction to special feature issue, Men's Style, November 2005;

- Literary critique, The South China Morning Post, September 2005;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, September 2005;

- Feature interview, The Weekend Australian Magazine, October 2005;

- Tori Amos interview, Cream, December 2005;

- Literary interview, The South China Morning Post, September 2005;

- Column, Home Beautiful, December 2005;

- "The Sins of Scripture," Bishop John Shelby Spong, The Weekend Australian, August 2005;

- Specimen Days, Michael Cunningham, South China Morning Post, August 2005;

- "Marriage: A History," Stephanie Coontz, The Weekend Australian, September 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, August 2005;

- Literary critique, Globe & Mail (Can), August 2005;

- Literary critique, Globe & Mail (Can), August 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, July 2005;

- Essay, Men's Style, November 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, July 2005;

- Literary critique, Globe & Mail (Can), July 2005;

- "How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Confessions of a Big-Butted Star," Kirstie Alley, The Weekend Australian, August 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, July 2005;

- Essay, Men's Style, October 2005;

- WWE interview (Batista, John Bradshaw Layfield), The Weekend Australian Magazine, June 2005;

- Words in Motion (essay), The Weekend Australian, May 2005;

- Painting Down the House, Home Beautiful, July 2005;

- Literary critique, The Weekend Australian, May 2005;

- "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith," Anne Lamott, South China Morning Post, May 2005;

- "Sure Bette," Bette Midler interview, The Weekend Australian Magazine, The Weekend Australian, April 2005;

- "Zorro," Isabel Allende, The Weekend Australian, May 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, May 2005;

- "Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith," Martha Beck, The Weekend Australian, April 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, April 2005;

- "Sloth," Wendy Wasserstein, The Weekend Australian, March 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, March 2005;

- Gabrielle Morrissey feature profile, Men's Style (Aus), September 2005;

- "Playing with Water," Kate Llewellyn, The Weekend Australian, March 2005;

- Literary critique, South China Morning Post, March 2005;

- "The Face" Interview, The Weekend Australian, February 2005;

- Donna Karan, Home Beautiful, May 2005;

- "French Women Don't Get Fat," South China Morning Post, February 2005;

- "What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?", South China Morning Post, February 2005;

- "The Good Body," Eve Ensler, The Weekend Australian, January 2005;

- Essay, Men's Style (Aust), December 2005;

- On Astanga, Men's Style (Aust), March 2005;

- On Beauty, South China Morning Post, January 2005;

- David Bromley interview, Men's Style (Aust), June 2005;

- Medical essay, Men's Style (Aust), August 2006;

- Essay, Harper's Bazaar, July 2005; and

- David Sedaris essay, Men's Style (Aust), September 2005.

books (fiction)

- The Pure Weight of the Heart, p/b, Broken Ankle Books (Australia) 2009, published in German in 2000.

books (non-fiction)

- The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide, p/b, Broken Ankle Books (Australia), 2004 - published in Finnish in 2005, Chinese in 2006, and Latvian in 2008;

- Lunch of Blood, p/b, Random House (Australia), 1994; and

- An Instinct for the Kill, p/b, HarperCollins (Australia), 1997.

anthologies (work included in)

-Your Mother Would Be Proud, edited by Jenny Valentish, Allen & Unwin 2009;

- What Is Mother Love?, edited by Selwa Anthony, Penguin 2008;

- Some Girls Do ... My Life as a Teenager, edited by Jacinta Tynan, Allen & Unwin, April 2007;

- The Best Australian Profiles, edited by Matthew Ricketson, Black Inc., September 2004;

- The Thoughts of Chairman Stan, by Stan Zemanek, HarperCollins, 1998 (wrote foreword);

- Love Cries, edited by Peter Blazey, HarperCollins, 1995;

- This I Believe: 100 Eminent Australians Explore Life's Big Question, edited by John Marsden, Random House 1996;

- ShrinkLit, edited by Michele Field, Penguin 1983.

excerpts

- from The Eclipse, Some Girls Do ... My Life As A Teenager, published by Allen & Unwin, April 2007;

- from The Eclipse, The Weekend Australian, Review section (cover story), March 20-21, 2004;

- from The Eclipse, Cul de Sac (Italy), July 2004;

- from The Eclipse, Mensa Magazine (cover story), June 2004;

- from The Pure Weight of the Heart, Cul de Sac (Italy), November 2004.

feature profiles

- Martin Amis: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Tori Amos: "Under the Doublethink", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- And Also The Trees: "The Bark and the Bite", Zig Zag, January 1985;

- Selwa Anthony: "Title Role", The Australian Magazine, 3rd May 1997;

- Jeffrey Archer: "Aiming to Please", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- The Benetton Formula One Team (Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger, Flavio Briatore) : "Driving Ambition", Elle (lead story), May 1996;

- The Benetton Formula One Team (Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger, Flavio Briatore) : "Accelerating Towards Bethelehem", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Sandra Bernhard: Mode;

- Lin Bloomfield: "The Good, the Bad, and the Eclectic …" The Australian, 8th July 1989;

- Lin Bloomfield: The Weekend Australian (Review), August 2004;

- The Blow Monkeys: "The Organ Grinder", Zig Zag, May 1985;

- James Blundell: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", Cleo, January 1992;

- James Blundell: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Bondage and Discipline Mistresses: "Ladies of the Lash", Playboy, 1990;

-Bondage and Discipline Mistresses: "Playgrounds of Punishment", Cleo March 1990;

- Bondage and Discipline Mistresses: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

-Tom Burlinson: The Playboy Interview, Playboy, 1989;

- Joanne and Warwick Capper: "The Blond Leading the Blond", Mode (lead profile);

- Joanne and Warwick Capper: "The Blond Leading the Blond", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Cardiothoracic Surgeons: The Independent on Sunday Review UK (cover story), 17th March 1991;

- Cardiothoracic Surgeons: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Nick Cave: "A Man Called Horse", Zig Zag (cover story), January 1985;

- Nick Cave: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Deepak Chopra: "Laying down the Laws", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Paulo Coelho: "A Followed Dream Pays off for Novelist", The Sydney Morning Herald, 4th September, 1993;

- Iva Davies: "The Man Who Fell To Surf", Mode (lead profile);

- Iva Davies: "The Man Who Fell to Surf", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Edward de Bono: "Master Mind", Penthouse (lead profile), December 1990;

- Edward de Bono: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Gerard Depardieu: "The Unbearable Heaviness of Being Gerard", Cleo (lead profile), March 1991;

- Gerard Depardieu: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Diamond and Pearl: "Diamond and Pearl", Cleo, May 1992;

- Diesel: "Talking About Diesel", Cleo, September 1992;

- Alex Dimitriades: "Mr. Heartbreak", Cleo (lead profile), February 1994;

- Alex Dimitriades: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Gosia Dobrowolska: Mode;

- Gosia Dobrowolska: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Ben Elton: "Shooting from the Lip", The Australian, 22nd July 1989;

- Ben Elton: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Andrew Ettingshausen: "Prince Andrew", Cleo (lead profile), November 1991;

- Andrew Ettingshausen: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Paul Fenech: Harper's Bazaar (lead profile);

- 1998, Kate Fischer: "Naked Ambition", Elle (lead profile), September 1995;

- Peter Fitzsimons: "The Big Match", Who, 12th October 1992;

- Ellis. D. Fogg (Roger Foley): "Throwing Some Light on Discord", The Australian, 1st November 1983;

- Maina Gielgud: "Spirit of the Ballet", The Australian Magazine, 1990;

- Maina Gielgud: "Spirit of the Ballet", Revue (USA), 17th July, 1990;

- Lisbeth Gorr (Elle McFeast): "The Other Side of Elle", Cleo (lead profile), August 1993;

- Lisbeth Gorr (Elle McFeast): Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

-Sandy Gutman (Austen Tayshus): Mode (lead profile);

-Sandy Gutman (Austen Tayshus): "Survivor of Survivors", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Jerry Hall: "Hall of Fame", Elle (lead profile), June 1995;

- Jerry Hall: "Like a Bull Out of a Chute", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Rose Hancock-Porteous: "Iron Butterfly", Elle (lead profile), November 1995;

- Rose Hancock-Porteous: "Guns 'n' Roses", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Colin Heaney: "The Water Palace", Harper's Bazaar, May 2003;

- Colin Heaney: "Where the Wild Things Are", HQ, July/August 2003;

- Charlton Heston: "Alpha Male", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Derryn Hinch: Mode (lead profile);

- Derryn Hinch: "The Naked and the Derryn", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Deni Hines: "In Hines Sight", Elle (lead profile), October 1994;

- HRH Princess Haya bint al-Hussein: "Parting the Painted Veils", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Ming Hu: "The Ming Dynasty," Men's Style (Aust), September 2004;

- Rachel Hunter: "The New Model Rachel", Cleo (lead profile), July 1992;

- Rachel Hunter: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Linda Jaivin: "Wild Child", The Australian Magazine (cover story);

- 29th March, 1997, Linda Jaivin: "Living with Dreads", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Leigh Johnson: "Cat Fight", Cleo, October 1998;

- Matt Johnson (The The): "Melancholic Matt Charts the High Seas of Solitude", The Australian, 16th August 1989;

- Erica Jong: "The Jong Show", Elle (lead profile), February 1995;

- Erica Jong: "Fear of Dying", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Sean Kelly: Mode, Sean Kelly: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Maria Kozic: Mode (lead profile);

- Maria Kozic: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Sophie Lee: "Sophie So Far", Cleo (lead profile);

- September 1992, Sophie Lee: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Elle Macpherson: The Playboy Interview, Playboy, 1989;

- Elle Macpherson: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Mark Matousek: "The Getting of Wisdom", HQ, January/February 1997;

- Mark Matousek: "The Getting of Wisdom", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Mary Mayoh: "Building boom that's child's play", The Australian, 1st August 1989;

- Gabrielle McCarthy: "My Ex-Boyfriend Gave Me AIDS", Cleo, April 1993;

- Colleen McCullough: "Empress Colleen", Elle (lead profile), February 1996;

- Colleen McCullough: "Caesar's Palace", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Paul Mercurio: "Strictly Paul Mercurio", Cleo (lead profile) July 1993;

- Paul Mercurio: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia 1994;

- Steven Morrissey (The Smiths): "Dance With a Stranger", Zig Zag (cover story) May 1985;

- Steven Morrissey: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Thierry Mugler: Mode (lead profile);

- Thierry Mugler: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Amanda Nankervis: "Fabulous Somebody", Elle, January 1995;

- Trent Nathan: Mode (lead profile);

-Trent Nathan: "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Richard Neville: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Marc Newson: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- John Pilger: "The Messenger", Penthouse (lead profile), June 1991;

- John Pilger: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Gretel Pinniger: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- The Pogues (Shane MacGowan): "Me No Popeye", Sounds, 6th April 1985;

- Tim Pope: "Tim Pope", Stiletto, September 1986;

- Male Prostitutes: "The War Zone", Penthouse (lead story), February 1990;

- Male Prostitutes: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Ross Renwick: "True Blue", The Australian, 22nd July 1989;

- Siimon Reynolds: "Siimon Says", Penthouse (lead profile), August 1990;

- Siimon Reynolds: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Gene Simmons: "Kiss Off", Elle (lead profile), April 1995;

- Gene Simmons: "Leer of the White Worm", An Instinct for the Kill, HarperCollins Australia, 1997;

- Grahame Smith: "Bachelor of the Year", Cleo, April 1993;

- Robert Smith (The Cure): "Firebody Smith", Zig Zag (cover story), March 1985;

- Noah Taylor: Mode;

- Noah Taylor: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Melissa Tkautz: "Talking About Melissa", Cleo, February 1993;

- Richard Wilkins: The Playboy Interview, Playboy, 1989;

- Richard Wilkins: "Who Does Richard Wilkins Think He Is?", Cleo, September 1989;

- Richard Wilkins: "Mr Multimedia", Who, 22nd February 1993;

- Naomi Wolf: "Who's Afraid of Naomi Wolf?", Cleo (lead profile), January 1992;

- Naomi Wolf: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994;

- Aden Young: Mode (lead profile);

- Aden Young: "Aden Young", Cleo, June 1992; and

- Aden Young: Lunch of Blood, Random House Australia, 1994.

films

- Wrote core love stories for I Could Be Me, directed by artist David Bromley, narrated by Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, Matrix).

humor

- "Exclusive: Prance", NME, 22nd December 1984;

- "Exclusive: The Feast of St. Stephen", NME, 22nd December 1984;

- "Why I'd Rather Be a Man", Cosmopolitan UK, 1988;

- "The Power of the Male Sulk", Playboy, 1989;

- "Men and Marriage", Playboy, 1989;

- "The Lure of the Stapled Stomach", Playboy, 1989;

- "The Misogynist's Lament", Playboy, 1989;

- "Needle Work - The Lure of the Tattoo", Cleo, April 1990;

- "Confessions of a Bad Luck Magnet", The Australian, 29th December 1992;

- "What's Up, Doc?", The Good Weekend, 21st August, 1993;

- "Antonella Learns to Dive" Diver, July 2001; and

- "The Scene of The Crime", underwater.com.au, March 2004.

literary criticism

- Will This Do? by Auberon Waugh ("Daddy Dearest", The Sydney Morning Herald, January 1992);

- Cupid and the King by HRH Princess Michael of Kent ("A Right Royal Load of Old Cobblers", The Sydney Morning Herald, 25th January 1992);

- Women on Top by Nancy Friday ("Sexual Groan", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1992);

- Vox by Nicholson Baker ("Brain-Sex Strums the E-Z Hotline", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23rd May 1992);

- Unravelling the Mind of God - Mysteries at the Frontier of Science by Robert Matthews ("Breathless Science Slashes its Wrists", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27th June 1992);

- Diana - Her True Story by Andrew Morton, Inside Buckingham Palace - The Private World of the Royal Family by Andrew Morton, Diana in Private - The Princess Nobody Knows by Lady Colin Campbell ("Divine Blight", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1992);

- Understanding the Present - Science and the Soul of Man by Bryan Appleyard, A History of the Mind by Nicholas Humphrey ("Hot, Soft, Cold, Hard", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1992);

- Doctor Criminale by Malcolm Bradbury ("Slow Death in the Fast Lane", The Sydney Morning Herald);

- Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts, Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson, Sacred Country by Rose Tremain ("Making Waves", The Sydney Morning Herald, 17th October 1992);

- The Butcher by Alina Reyes, Sex and Sensibility by Julie Burchill, Kama Sutra - The Arts of Love by Anonymous, The Madonna Connection - Representational Politics, Subcultural Identities and Cultural Theory edited by Cathy Schwichtenberg, Madonna - Blonde Ambition by Mark Bego ("Like a Blonde, Ambitious Virgin", The Sydney Morning Herald, 21st November 1992);

- Mad About Women - Can There Ever Be Fair Play Between the Sexes? by Yvonne Roberts, No More Sex War - The Failures of Feminism by Neil Lyndon ("Boring Pants off Society", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9th January 1993);

- Marlene Dietrich by Maria Riva, Marlene Dietrich - Life and Legend by Steven Bach ("My Mother the Monster", The Sydney Morning Herald, 13th February 1993);

- The Eleven Deadly Sins by Ross Fitzgerald ("The Deadliest Sin of All: Being Boring", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27th February 1993);

- April Fool’s Day by Bryce Courtenay ("A Father Flagellated by Grief", The Sydney Morning Herald);

- The Illustrated History of Medicine by Professor Jean-Charles Sournia, The Illustrated History of Surgery by Knut M. Haeger, The Healing Blade - A Tale of Neurosurgery by Edward J. Sylvester, A History of Military Medicine - Volumes I and II - by Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz ("Medicine to Make You Swoon", The Sydney Morning Herald, 24th April 1993);

- The Second Life by Chris Barnard ("Now We Know Where Barnard’s Heart Is", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7th August 1993);

- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Grandmother’s Tale by R.K. Narayan ("Santiago Risks All for a Place in the World", The Sydney Morning Herald, 4th September 1993);

- Scar Tissue by Michael Ignatieff ("A Monotonous Muttering in the Monoxide Cloud", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23rd October 1993);

- Marquis de Sade - A Biography by Maurice Lever ("Doing the Dirty on the Divine Marquis", The Sydney Morning Herald, 20th November 1993);

- United States: Essays 1952 - 1992 by Gore Vidal ("Elegant Assertions From An Essayist Who Won’t Be Missed At Adelaide", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5th February 1994);

- The Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini, The Missing Pages by Cristina Comencini ("Incest Gets The Silent Treatment", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5th March 1994);

- Life After God by Douglas Coupland ("God and the Dwarf are Dead. African Bananas Live", The Sydney Morning Herald, 4th June 1994);

- Real Men by Helen Townsend, Masculinities and Identities by David Buchbinder, "Getting a Grip on the Inner Man", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30th July 1994);

- The Consequences of "Not Good Enough" Parenting by Terry E. Lawson ("Putting Parents into Psychology Pigeonholes", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27th August 1994);

- Half Asleep in Frog Pyjamas by Tom Robbins, Who Will Run The Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore ("Metaphor of the Vanishing Frog, Warts And All", The Sydney Morning Herald, 26th November 1994);

- Valuing Emotions by Michael Stocker ("Advice for the Heartless Rationalist", The Sydney Morning Herald, 22nd March 1997);

- In the Open - Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic by Timothy E. Donohue, Drinking - A Love Story by Caroline Knapp ("Numb and Number", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1st March 1997);

- The Rules by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider ("There to be Broken", The Australian, 8th February 1997);

- Necessary Madness by Jenn Crowell ("Boil This in a Bag", The Australian, 19th April 1997);

- More, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel (The Australian, 11th May 2002);

.- Expecting Adam and Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck (HQ, August 2002);

- The Autistic Universe (The Echo, December 2003);

.- "My Life As A Side Effect,", The South China Morning Post, September 2004;

- "Everything About Me Is Fake ... And I'm Perfect!", Janice Dickinson, The South China Morning Post, August 2004;

- "Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir," Fran Lebowitz, The South China Morning Post, July 2004;

- "Kingdom of the Golden Dragon," Isabel Allende, The South China Morning Post, May 2004;

- "Love in the Driest Season," Neely Tucker, The South China Morning Post, April 2004;

- "Venice: Tales of a City," Michelle Lovric, The Australian, March 2004;

- "Convent Girls,"Jackie Bennett and Rosemary Forgan, The South China Morning Post, March 2004;

- "Queer Eye for The Straight Guy," Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez, The South China Morning Post, 29 February 2004;

- "The Autistic Universe", The Echo (Aust), January 2004; and

- "Living Faith," Pico Iyer, The South China Morning Post, July 2004.

short stories

- "How I Fell in Love with Dustin Hoffman", Billy Blue, July 1982;

- "The Astronomer", Billy Blue, Summer 1989;

- "Siren on the Naugahyde", Penthouse, June 1990; and

- "Mythology", Love Cries, edited by Peter Blazey, HarperCollins Australia, 1995.

speeches

- "The Service of Beauty", address to the Mensa Chairman's Annual Dinner, Wesley College, Sydney University, 2000, published in TableAus;

- "The Art of the Interview", address to the Sydney Institute, 1995; and

- "In Remembering Fire", address to the Sydney University Union Annual Dinner, 1995.