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WHAT A BIG WEEK!

February 18, 2025

Hello everyone, It has been a MASSIVE week over at Matty Dunne Head Quarters. Pretty much all great stuff. So, first of all, Tall Poppy Press’ FIRST BOOK for...

Working a day job

February 11, 2025

Well, I am now working a day job again - being a substitute teacher (or supply teacher for UK based folks, or relief teacher or CRT). For me, given that...

Locking it in

February 5, 2025

Hello everyone, I wrote a few weeks ago that I felt both like the year had started but also things weren’t really kicking off. I was planning a lot but not...

6 months bought me 12

January 28, 2025

Hello everyone, I want to start this email with some clarity - my (mostly) successful 6 month experiment being a full time artists was successful enough to...

We are SO BACK

January 22, 2025

Hello everyone, First - so I can just get my plug out of the way, Tall Poppy’s first workshops of the year are live and you can book them here. With that out...

The experiment is over

December 18, 2024

Hello everyone, We’re one week from Christmas and my experimental six months off is officially over. For the few of you who started following this newsletter...

Dragging my feet

December 11, 2024

So I held off on writing this week’s newsletter as I was hoping to share two updates. One, how my first day as a substitute teacher went and two the awardees...

Home again, home again, jiggity jig

December 3, 2024

Hello everyone, I’m finally home - I’m lying down on my couch, a cool change is rolling through and gosh it’s so nice being back in my space - comfortable...

The Taipei Report

November 25, 2024

Hello everyone, Coming to you from a small bed in a hostel - which I accidentally booked instead of a hotel - in downtown Taipei. So, this week I have been...

The London Report (long one!)

November 19, 2024

Hello friends! I’m writing to you today from a friend’s dining room table. I’ve been staying at his place for about a week now, and I head off to Taipei...

The Paris Report

November 12, 2024

Hello everyone, I’m writing to you from London, where I’m sitting in a cafe on a surprisingly sunny day, eating some cake and getting some work done. My...

Europe

November 4, 2024

Hello everyone, I’m writing to you from Paris where it’s a blue sky sunny in autumn kind of day and it’s pretty spectacular! Since the last update I’ve had...

The Singapore Report

October 29, 2024

Hello everyone, I’m currently sitting in Changi airport drinking a Thai milk tea, waiting another hour-and-a-half before I can have a shower in the lounge...

The Melbourne Report

October 22, 2024

Hello everyone, As I shared, last weekend I was present at a book fair here in Melbourne - thanks to everyone that came. For some context, this is a good and...

The bush report

October 17, 2024

Hello! A quick one from me this week. I’ve just come back from 3 days/3 nights in the bush taking photos and unsuccessfully chasing dingoes. Regardless of...

Monk mode and ramping up

October 10, 2024

Sorry for missing last week - I thought about writing a newsletter but honestly didn’t have much to share. Last week was a quiet week - a nice rest. I’d set...

Sometimes I'm wrong, and that's ok

September 27, 2024

Something that is always true is that there is rarely one way to do anything and I’m of the opinion there is rarely a best way to get anything done. To give...

It's not all sunshine

September 20, 2024

One of the things that maybe has been misleading in this newsletter series is that there’s been a lot of good things going on, which means I celebrate those...

3 months in

September 13, 2024

Hello everyone, We’re now a bit past the 3 month mark of my 6 month experiment. It’s a good time to check in and see how I’m progressing. In July, I laid out...

The Perth Report

September 5, 2024

So this week I’ve been in Perth, well, since Monday at least. Ostensibly, I’m here to teach a workshop that’s running on Saturday and Sunday, but like any...