 She was an Asialink resident to Japan in 1997  and has also won residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Varuna, The Writers' House, Bundanon Trust, Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre and the Newcastle Lockup, among others.She has won the Norma K Hemming Award and been shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal  and the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.Her novels and stories have been published in Australia, Europe and the US.