Previous Productions, Publications and Projects.

Creative writing

• Angela’s  play  Survival Instincts was a finalist at Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane Short and Sweet Festivals, winning Best Actress, runner-up Best Actor, nominated Best Play of the Brisbane Festival (Brisbane Powerhouse, Sept 2009) & 1st place People’s Choice Awards and 3rd place Judges’ Choice Awards, Sydney Festival,(Week Three, Seymour Centre, Feb 2009)
• Creative development of Angela’s new play Stops the Nation funded by RADF Aug & Oct 2009
• Full-length play The Boathouse produced by JUTE Theatre company  (Cairns Centre for Contemporary Arts) and Darwin Theatre Company (Darwin Entertainment Centre) Mar-April 2006
• Short- film script Snakes in the Cane, accepted for further development by the Pacific Film & Television Commission, 2004 &  2007
• Radio play The Belly Dancer, accepted for further development by Playworks (Sydney) 2006
• Cairns Tropical Writers Festival Committee Member 2010
• Conducted  writing workshops in Cairns, the Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail and Townsville and a panellist at their writers’ festivals, 2005 - 2009
• Conducted writing workshops for Queensland Writers Centre, 2008 & 2009
• Free-lance writer for Cairns Barfly, Cairns Fly, The Cairns Post, The Brisbane Sunday Mail, City Life, Style and Arts Nexus Magazines 2002-2008
• Awarded High Distinction, Master of Letters (Creative Writing), CQU 2005
• Short-listed, ABC Radio Regional Short Story competition 2005
• Awarded  1st Prize, Qld Rural Women’s Short Story competition,  2002 and 2003

Academic/Educational writing

• Acting Publications Manager, freelance editor and profile writer for James Cook University’s Marketing and Engagement Unit, 2007-2010
• Masters of Writing supervisor, James Cook University, 2010
• Script Development, Indigenous Communities’ Resource package, The Learning Workshop,  2010
• Researcher, writer and collator for the Freshwater Heritage Trail, 2008-2009 (view Freshwater_Heritage_Trail.pdf)
  
• Delivered  writing workshops series for Dimbulah State High School, 2008
• Scripted and directed the tri-nation keynote address for the Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACCE),  Cairns Convention Centre, Oct 2006
• Recorded and collated the ACCE’s Leadership  Forum day (over 100 participants) and assisted in writing the subsequent academic discussion paper, Oct-Dec 2006
• Prepared on-line and print-based materials, conducted conference and phone interviews, collated information and delivered reports for Education Queensland and Queensland Society of Information Technology in Education
• Mentor and writer for Qld nominees for the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership, Excellence Awards, 2005, 2007 & 2009
• Commissioned writer for the Tropical Museum of North Qld and the Ravenswood Restoration and Preservation Society, 2003
• Researched and wrote ANTA Training Package material for Certificate and Diploma courses,  Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE, 2000-2002