My new book features renowned British actor Warwick Davis. It is a collection of stories about people living with dwarfism. Many of them belong to Short Statured People of Australia, whose president Meredith Young agrees with Warwick that this book conveys a positive message about people living with a physical difference. The book also contains […]
To teach or not to teach? Karen closed the classroom door, sighing with fatigue and relief. ‘I will never come back here,’ she promised herself. Long-service leave and an overseas trip lay ahead. Paris, Rome and Barcelona revived her spirits before she headed to Kenya to build wells. The physical labour was exhausting so when […]
2 of Us – Fairfax Media – Good Weekend magazine 2 February 2013 GRACI AND OLIVER US-born Graci Lynch, 30, met her husband Oliver, 33, on the internet. After a long courtship, they married and now live in Melbourne. They both have Achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism, and together face the daily challenge of living […]
SAIL AWAY By Carole Lander “It’s time, mate. It really is.” Phil peered across the desk at his accountant. How long had he been coming here? It seemed like centuries. They had grown old together; shared stories of parenting and grandparenting and, more recently, compared wrinkles and ailments. The difference in their incomes sometimes […]
I recently interviewed Sam Drummond who is a producer at 3AW. Sam is a short-statured man who is willing to be profiled in my book Little People: Big Lives. He has had an interesting life with an arts/law degree from Monash University, a burgeoning career in radio and his own music festival – Feskyval. H has […]