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2008
• Article on Tasmanian residential architecture for Dwell magazine.
• Travel literature about Tohoku in Japan for forthcoming Lonely Planet anthology.
• Animation and short film reviews for RealTime magazine (forthcoming).
• Completing PhD on J.G. Ballard at Monash University (due date: late August).
• Supplied catalogue liner notes for exhibition on Ballard at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
• Participated in a documentary on car parks for web-based film company (details forthcoming).
• Invited to contribute three articles for various academic publications: on Ballard and architecture; on micronational themes in Ballard; and on Ballard's influence on the visual arts.

2007
• Travel article on the micronation of Sealand for the Australian newspaper.
• Travel piece on the island of Yap for an anthology published by Dorling Kindersley.
• Various freelance writing, consultancy and editing work for Lonely Planet.
• Freelance animation and film reviews for RealTime magazine.
• Publication and launch of Subterrain magazine, issue #2.
• Various articles and lists for Lonely Planet's latest Bluelist anthology.
• Online content management and travel-writing work for Triporati (on Guam; forthcoming) and Home and Abroad (on Sydney; forthcoming).
• Resumption of PhD program at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, covering the works of J.G. Ballard.
• Presented two papers on the work of J.G. Ballard: at 'From Shanghai to Shepperton: An International Conference on J.G. Ballard' at the University of East Anglia, UK, May; and at 'Demanding the Impossible: The Third Australian Conference on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction', Monash University, December.

2006
• Interview with British writer J.G. Ballard.
• Ongoing project management of Subterrain issue 2 (see '2005' entry, below).
• Melbourne Film Festival reviews for RealTime covering short film, animation and experimental film.
• Documentary (dir. Andrew Sully) based on my Kevin Brophy & Allan Martin interviews to be screened by SBS television.
• Second tour of the Netherlands for Lonely Planet: researched and wrote chapters on Amsterdam, Utrecht, Zuid Holland, Overijssel & Gelderland, and Noord Brabant.
• Seven 'nation' profiles and four boxed texts for Lonely Planet's book on micronations.
• Micronesia tour for Lonely Planet's upcoming South Pacific and Micronesia guide: researched and wrote chapters on Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.

2005
• Freelance writing jobs for the Age newspaper including an interview with Melbourne writers Kevin Brophy & Allan Martin, published in the Age's Good Weekend magazine), Big Issue, RealTime magazine, Lonely Planet, Liquid Architecture, La Trobe University.
• Editor/coordinator of a 2-issue publishing project for Ozanam Community Centre, and funded by the City of Melbourne's community arts program: Subterrain, drawing upon the experiences of homeless people primarily in inner-city Melbourne.
• Invited to coordinate two panels at the St Kilda Writers' Festival: on blogging and online writing, and on travel writing.
• Invited to provide feedback on early script drafts and rough cuts of two film productions from Melodrama Pictures
• Travelled the Australian East Coast, from Newcastle to Byron Bay, on assignment for Lonely Planet.
• Wrote country profiles for Croatia, Japan, Iraq, Australia, the USA and Slovenia, as well as the History, Culture, Aboriginal Art, Environment and Food & Drink chapters for LP's Northern Territory & Central Australia Book.
• Helped to develop Lonely Planet's Bluelist book, based on travellers' and LP readers' 'top ten' experiences; advised on format and structure and co-wrote half the book.
• Helped to develop Lonely Planet's new online hotel booking and review system; wrote online reviews for Melbourne, Palau, Yap, and Guam
• Submitted a chapter on Iriomote Island in Okinawa, Japan, for Lonely Planet's Code Green 'ecotourism book'.
• Launched Ballardian, a popular website detailing the influence of writer J.G. Ballard.
• Freelance editing jobs for Lonely Planet, La Trobe University and various one-off clients.

2004
• Returned to the Liquid Architecture organisational team after a 4-year absence. Designed their website and catalogue brochure.
• Travelled to the Netherlands and Northern Honshu (Japan) on assignment for Lonely Planet.
• Freelance writing published in the Age newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, RealTime magazine, Inside Film magazine and overland magazine.
• Invited to appear at the Emerging Writers' Festival to talk about Sleepy Brain and online writing.
• Freelance editing jobs for art galleries, universities, writers and small-press publishers.

2003
• Launched Sleepy Brain, an online culture mag.
• Full-time editor at Lonely Planet Publications.
• Freelance writing published in the Age newspaper, RealTime magazine and Inside Film magazine.

2002
• Employed by Greenpeace Australia as freelance web designer, writer and text editor of their Southern Oceans site.

2001-2002
• Worked in London in admin and editorial roles for B2B clients.

2000
• Invited to appear at the Newcastle Writers' Festival to talk about Amorphik: An Erotic Constellation.
• Published and edited Amorphik: An Erotic Constellation, an anthology of erotic short fiction, poetry and art featuring Australian and international artists and writers.
• Appeared in The What If? Man: The Science Fictional Life of Peter Nicholls, a documentary exploring the Australian writer; worked with the director, Mark Atkin, on preliminary research for the project.

1999-2001
• Employed by RMIT Union Arts and Marketing & Communications in a variety of roles aimed at providing artistic opportunities for students. During this tenure, founded Liquid Architecture, the national festival of sound arts, inviting the Transmit sound collective to participate. Produced the festival's first year in collaboration with Nat Bates. Coordinated a number of other RMIT festivals focusing on animation, short film and scriptwriting. Produced and promoted the RMIT student film festival; a retrospective of animation shorts from RMIT's AIM department; a series of lectures about arts law; and a gig by Scanner. Conceived and produced a two-day industry event about independent filmmmaking.
• Conceived, edited and designed two internal RMIT publications: Deep Space, focusing on the cultural life of RMIT's Bundoora campus (it won a nationwide campus award), and Full Haus, a revamp of an existing publication of the same name exploring RMIT's creative arts scene.
• Revived a vintage RMIT magazine, Jargon, from the 1930s and 1940s, updating and relaunching it as an annual magazine for RMIT students.

1998-2003
• Graduated with a Certificate of Professional Writing and Editing from RMIT University, Melbourne. Major focus: Editing, Multimedia, Non-fiction, Scriptwriting.

1995–1997
• Awarded an APA scholarship for postgraduate research at Monash University.

1991–1994
• Awarded a Bachelor of Arts (First-class Honours) from Monash University Australia. Major streams: Visual Arts (Film Studies) and Cultural Theory.