The 24th of April marks 'Earth Day' of 2022. To me, it is absurd that we need an 'Earth Day', but it is a stepping stone towards a future where the earth is honoured every day for the magnificent, mysterious, hyper-intelligent life-giving force that it is. This year I am embracing 'Earth Day' and celebrating it with the release of my new book, Maya of the New World - Book #2 in the epic fantasy adventure Maya Rising series - which is an environmental fiction novel that explor

It is Book Week 2021, a time for passionate bookish people to unite and celebrate the power, magic and simple joy of reading. While I write and read a lot of fiction, which can be dismissed as escapism or mere fantasy, diving into stories from authors and characters whose lives are so far from my own, has been one of the most significant mind-opening, heart-opening and compassion-igniting gifts to me over my life. Books spark connection, wonder, curiosity, ideas about the wor