Frances has  achieved small successes in various genres including film, theatre, poetry - writing for both adults & children.

Notebook Magazine ~ December Issue Romance feature article about Frances.

Laura Venuto the sub-editor of NOTEBOOK MAGAZINE contacted me recently after reading on my website: "... recently married the man I could have married 30 years ago."

Before long, a team of professionals arrived at
our house to prepare and photograph us - we both felt really special.

The photo was taken at our local Hillarys Beach - just down the road from where we live.

She holds a BA in Writing with a supporting major in Media Studies from ECU which shares it's campus with WAAPA, in the 80's
completed courses in film & video production and direction at FTI in the 80's & has a diverse background in poetry, children's literature, film and theatre.

SOME FAVOURITE WRITERS:

TAG Hungerford   Glen Phillips    Anna Jacobs Esther Morgan   Krista Bell     John Kinsella Shaun Tan    Bruce Russell    Dianne Wolfer Colin Gailbrath   Patrick Galvin    Nick Earls Deanne Leber   Helen Hagemann    Gerry Murphy    Andrew Taylor      Bryce Courtney   Nick Earls   Ben Elton   Alexander Mcall Smith  Val McDiarmid etc etc

RECOMMENDES: Island Magazine

Blue Dog

Heat Fish Anthologies of Short Stories

Creative Screenwriting Magazine.

SouthWord

Poetry Ireland Review

IF Magazine indigo journal

Lum:na from AFTRS

More about Poets Corner WA here.

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MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:

A full member of both the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) ~ & the Australian Writers Guild (AWG) . Frances has regularly judged both the Monte Millar Awards & Radio Plays but also helped Luci Temple moderate the AWG On-line Screenwriting Workshop.

As a member of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Frances acted also judges some AFI script awards.  That full membership has been carried into the new Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).

Other memberships held and recommended:
Film & TV Institute  Australian Poetry Centre  The Poets Union   (SCBWI) Children's Book Council of WA  FAWWA  POETS CORNER WA WA Poets Inc  Munster Literature Centre Perth Film Circle

"Love You Mum" the film of her original script producted in South Australia, has recently been listed on-line on the Australian Film Commission (AFC) Searchable Film Data Base SCREEN AUSTRALIA (on Page 46).

SCREENWEST PRODUCTION DIRECTORY lists Frances as a script writer, producer and director.

Frances is also listed in the Film & TV Institute CREW DATABASE.

She makes a point of buying as many books by local and favourite authors as her budget will allow - particularly those of WA Writers, published by Fremantle Press: