Passion - Writing...
Published Work
Stories from the Heart – Penning the Pandemic coedited with Jane Connolly 2020. It was published by
the Queensland Writer's Centre Stories From The Heart: Penning the Pandemic - You can access this story below.
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An Anthology coedited with Jane Connolly, Jenny Adams and Tatia Power in 2022 - A Celebration of Continuous Quality, Holistic Healthcare in Camp Hill Over 75 Years.
Articles published in Scope Magazine, The Big Issue, Medicine Today.
MiNDFOOD magazine - multiple articles about women's health issues, mental health and current medial topics of interest
Eureka Street Magazine a range of articles about health and the environment.
Writing Awards
Australian Writer’s Centre Furious Fiction
Short listed
October 2019 – The Road Less Travelled
January 2024 - The Boss
February 2024 - The Truth about the Tooth Fairy
June 2024 - A Beginning That Ends
June 2025 - Charlie, Victor, Juliet
Long listed - eleven times
Fiction Factory – UK
Long listed
May 2020, April 2024
Fish Publishing - Flash Fiction
long listed
April 2021
short listed
April 2022
Wow - Women on Writing
April 2021, July 2021, October 2021, January 2023
Fellowship of Australian Writers Qld (FAWQ)
August 2022 - short listed
Eastwood Hills FAW
August 2021 - second place and third place
Queensland Writer’s Centre
Right Left Write
Won
April 2020 – Second Chances
September 2020 – Pomegranates
January 2020 - Fight and Flight - included in Lockdown Diaries
May 2021 - The Big Voices of the Secret Poet's Society
September 2023 - Hide and Seek
Honorable mention
July 2020 – Too Late
Peter Hammond Short Story Competition
Long listed
October 2021 - Deadly Alliance
October 2022 - Knock, Knock
Short listed
Serpent River 2022 (Highly Commended) can purchase anthology from Hawkeye Publishing
Marj Wilkie Short Story Competition
Short listed
March 2022, January 2023
Not Quite Write - long listed (placed 3rd on their leaderboard for 2024)
2023, 2024 , 2024, 2024
Gold Coast Short Story Competition 2023
2023 - second place
2024 - short listed
Bridport Poetry 2023
The Passing -long listed
Hawkeye Manuscript Development Awards
2022 - A World of Silence long listed - released 14 April 2025
2023 - The Truth about My Daughter - second place - released 1 October 2024
2024 - The Family - Long listed
Novel Writing
The Truth About My Daughter, was released on 1 October 2024 and deals with the complexities of family, longing for love and the many ways life confounds us.
Jo's novel, A World of Silence, deals with the secrets women keep and the consequences of staying silent.
Her novel The Family, focuses on the resilience of women when their truths are stolen by others.
A Good Woman features three generations of women who find themselves at a cross roads in their lives, forcing each of them to make difficult decisions that will impact their loved ones.
The Dark Angels' Book Club is about three older women determined not to become frail or dependent on others. Instead, they plan to enjoy a year of living their best lives and ending with a sumptuous last supper before making a final exit together.