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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.
Scope magazine - short stories and poems in several editions
Essay A Touch of Humanity - published in The Big Issue Oct 2021
​Medicine Today - July 2022 Life on the Edge, March 2023 Beyond the Call of Duty, May 2023 The Home Visit, Bed 12 September 2023
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
​Long listed
May 2019 Pomegranates
June 2019 The Secret
Jan 2020 Around the Globe with Mr Coney
May 2020 Last Breath
​December 2020 Pa's Garden
June 2022 Saving Evangeline 
​June 2023 A Season of Hope
August 2024 The Other Side
September 2024 Still Life
October 2024 The Art of Bullshit

Fiction Factory – UK
Long listed
May 2020 – The Road Home
​April 2024 - A Star is Born
Fish Publishing - Flash Fiction 
long listed

April 2021 - Too Late
short listed
April 2022 - The Kiss
​Wow - Women on Writing 
​April 2021 - Endings
​July 2021 - Magpies Warble
October 2021 - Black Man running
January 2023 - The Christmas Letter
​Fellowship of Australian Writers Qld (FAWQ)

July 2021 - Too Late Commended
July 2021 - The Promise Highly Commended
August 2022 - The Appointment short listed

Eastwood Hills FAW
August 2021 - Black Man Running second place
August 2021 - The Wedding 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 - Final Breath  
January 2023 - The Kiss
Not Quite Write - long listed (placed 3rd on their leaderboard for 2024)
2023 - Longing for Home
2024 - The Arrival
2024 - Putting Affairs in Order
2024 Shut the F*** Up

Gold Coast Short Story Competition 2023
2023 - The Good Mother - second place
2024 - Remembrance Day - 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
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Blood is Thicker Than Water, is a story about identity, family and finding the courage to not only stand up for who you are but to challenge long held prejudices. 
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. 
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.
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.
At a lighthouse residency in Newcastle in June 2024, Jo completed a second draft of The Last Supper, about three older women determined not to become frail or dependent on others. Instead, they plan to enjoy a year of decadence ending with a last supper before making a final exit together. 
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