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My memoir, Breastless, was launched on Valentine's day, 14 February, 2021, at the home of Liz Wagner. It was a beautiful morning at...

International Day of Women – Just thinking about it has me gnashing my teeth with frustration.

My frustration is the silent kind that leaves me wondering whether I’m just a crazy emotional woman whose thoughts and feelings are...

Some thoughts on memoir writing

Stacy Nottle’s memoir, Breastless, will be released on Valentine’s Day, 2021. It is now available for pre-order from her website -...

Roads go ever ever on... (5 years of survival)

Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by...

Like the Flowing River

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be—Douglas Adams One of my all-time favourite...

Baggage

‘Do you have any idea what led to you getting cancer?’ I asked a friend. 'I was completely and utterly overwhelmed with grief,' she...

About Breastless - The Introduction

Not everyone would agree, but it doesn’t matter. They’re entitled to their opinion. What matters is that we believe it. I certainly...

And anyway mate, it's done then!

(An extract from Donald Cooney's iconic book, Bells of the Australian Bush) In 2004, my dad, Donald Cooney, published Bells of the...

Dad's Gold - An Eulogy

After the Flood is dedicated to my beautiful father, Donald Cooney, who passed away in March, 2019. At the start of the book, I have...