Join me for the Calgary launch of Boom Town Snap at Owl’s Nest Books - I’ll be signing books in-store.

Very excited to be appearing on the ‘Fact vs. Fiction’ panel at the Armadale Writers Festival 2025, in the esteemed company of Chenée Marrapodi (Chair), David Price and Victoria Purman.

Booking details to follow.

I’ll be appearing at Karratha library as part of the “Libraries After Dark” series - Free to attend

Join Jay in this fun and interactive session that will help you get going - or keep going - with your creative writing project. This two-hour session will focus on how and why characters' motivations and goals are important for your stories, with practical and useful examples to help you use this in your own stories. There will be some time for writing and sharing in the session (optional - volunteers only!) 

No specific experience or knowledge is needed, and participants do not need to have a specific project they are working on. The information is useful for both fiction and non-fiction (including memoir and life-writing) and will use examples applicable for each. 

Free to attend! Kindly hosted and supported by the wonderful Karratha Library people.

I’m so pleased to be the Libby Book Club pick for November 2025. Libby is an online book club with a monthly featured title. Each month's title is available free on the (virtual) Libby app with no waiting or holds. There’s also a live chat, led by David Allan-Petale, where you can ask questions and contribute to the discussion.

All you have to do is join a WA library, download the app, and get reading. You can find more details in the link below - see you online in November! https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/libby-book-club-wa