Writilin - Professional writing services
Whether you need to educate, persuade, inform or entertain, I have the skills and experience to bring attention to your ideas.
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I've been writing professionally for more than ten years, specialising in education, advocacy and other forms of non-fiction.
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I work with organisations to turn research, knowledge and ideas into clear, engaging content. That might mean developing an educational program, explaining a complicated issue, telling an important story or helping people understand something from a different perspective.
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And I bring a lot more than writing skills to the job.
What I can help you with
Education and learning resources for children, teens and adults
Advocacy, research and communication
Content, stories and interpretation
Curriculum-linked teaching, training and learning resources that support skill development, conceptual understanding and critical and creative thinking.
Reports, submissions, case studies, stakeholder stories and evidence-based content that help organisations explain important issues, communicate findings and influence decisions.
Articles, publications, website content, exhibition text, heritage interpretation and other storytelling projects that connect people with ideas, history and place.
Is what you need not on the list?
I'm always happy to get stuck into something new, explore different approaches and help work out what might be possible.
Capable. Experienced. Interested.
My experience extends well beyond writing. ​ I've worked in education, training, community engagement, research, social policy and advocacy, across government, corporate, not-for-profit and community sectors. That background gives me a broad understanding of how organisations work, how people learn and how to communicate with different audiences. In education, I've developed and delivered learning programs for children, young people and adults. I understand how to build knowledge and skills, translate complex concepts into accessible learning experiences and create resources that work in practice, not just on paper. ​In social policy and advocacy, I've researched complex issues, analysed policy and helped communicate the experiences of people affected by poverty, family violence, homelessness and other forms of disadvantage. This work has strengthened my ability to interpret evidence, understand different perspectives and handle sensitive stories with accuracy and respect. My own life experience includes migration, being a disability carer, single mum and a foster parent, and these factors contributed to my strong sense of social justice. I have a deep respect for individual rights, democratic values and cultural diversity, and I understand the complexities of identity and belonging within a multicultural society. ​I'm interested in the complicated, connected world we live in and the initiatives that seek to make it better. I enjoy exploring unfamiliar subjects, understanding different perspectives and finding ways to communicate ideas that matter. ​
Past projects
Stepping back with Fireman Jack
Heritage interpretation works best when it speaks in a human voice. Working with the team at Perth’s Old Central Fire Station, I drew on archival records and local stories to create Stepping Back with Fireman Jack .Told through the fictional voice of a firefighter retiring in 1930, this heritage trail brings the social world of early Perth to life. In 2025, it received the WA Heritage Professor David Dolan Award for Interpretation.
Learning about Yindjibarndi Country
I’ve worked with Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation to develop learning resources that help people engage with Yindjibarndi culture, knowledge and connections to Country, including the Wanthiwa cultural awareness app. A particularly valuable part of this work has been visiting Yindjibarndi Country and listening firsthand as Elders and knowledge holders share their culture, history and perspectives.
Making sense of media
Young people encounter a constant stream of news, opinions, images and information. Through my work with RMIT’s Informit Explore, I developed teaching and learning resources that helped students make sense of it all — questioning sources, exploring how people and issues are represented, comparing perspectives and thinking critically about the media they consume.
SWELL - Strategies for wellbeing
How do you turn evidence-based mental health strategies into skills young people can actually use? Working with YouthCARE and Lifeline WA, I helped develop SWELL, an emotional literacy and wellbeing program for schools. Working alongside DBT practitioners, I translated therapeutic concepts into practical, age-appropriate learning resources for students, chaplains and families, including student modules, facilitator and training materials.
Harmony Week - embracing diversity
Harmony Week creates opportunities to explore the cultures, languages and experiences that make up our communities. I’ve developed learning resources for the Western Australian Museum and the Office of Multicultural Interests to help young people explore cultural diversity, identity and belonging. As someone from a migrant, non-English-speaking background, it’s work that has particular meaning for me.
Tall trees and more
Working with the Shire of Manjimup, I’ve developed heritage interpretation, visitor activities and school resources for Manjimup Heritage Park. The aim is to take visitors beyond the machinery and buildings, using the region’s forestry history to explore how developments such as steam and electricity transformed work, communities and everyday life.
My work has taken me into museums, classrooms, communities and Country — tackling everything from heritage and media literacy to wellbeing and cultural learning. Here are a few projects I’ve particularly enjoyed bringing to life.
My books
Yagan
Clever, athletic and dignified, Yagan was already a leader among his people when pale-faced foreigners spilled uninvited upon the shores of the Swan River and started to make themselves at home – his home. Over the next four years, Yagan took a stand, and in the process forever etched his name on the story of Western Australia.Â
Yagan brings to life the complicated and troubled colonial history that we should all commemorate.Â
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I Hope It's Pretty There
In February 1829, a ship called Parmelia left England and headed for the west coast of Australia. It was packed with men, women and children set on building a new life for themselves by the mouth of the Swan River. Among them was young Joseph Daly, his mum, dad and four siblings. Filled with hope, uncertainty — and cases full of pots, pans and other household goods — the passengers were to become the first European settlers to the new colony. But the promise of a new idyllic life is shattered when tragedy strikes during the voyage.
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I Hope It’s Pretty There recounts the drama of the historic journey through Joseph’s eyes and serves as a bittersweet tale of hope, courage, loss and resilience.