On Saturday 16th November 2019, Jessica will discuss Hearing Maud at Tamworth Library, 466 Peel Street, Tamworth, NSW.

On Thursday, 14th November, Jessica will discuss Hearing Maud at Reader’s Companion bookstore, 151 Beardy Street, Armidale, NSW.

Jessica will present a workshop on writing climate fiction for the Queensland Writers Centre on Saturday, 9th November 2019, from 10.30 am - 1.30pm.

Jessica will be in conversation with Dr Inga Simpson at Muse, Canberra on Saturday, 2nd November, 2019. This event will be supported by an Auslan signer.

On Tuesday, 5th November from 7.00 - 8.00pm, Jessica will discuss Hearing Maud at Avid Reader’s Australian Bookclub, 193 Boundary Street, West End.

On Saturday, 19th October 2019, Jessica will be in conversation with Kate Matairavula of The Deaf Society for Deaf Festival at Parramatta.

On Wednesday 9th October 2019, Jessica will be in conversation with Dr Fiona Wright, award-winning essayist and poet, about disability and Hearing Maud.

Jessica will present a workshop on writing climate fiction for Writers Victoria on Sunday 6th October 2019, from 10am - 4pm.

Jessica will speak about Hearing Maud at Brisbane Square Library on Sunday 29th September from 11.00am - 12.00pm. An Auslan interpreter will interpret the event, and books will be available for sale.

On Thursday 26th September 2019 from 6.00 - 7.00pm, Jessica will be in conversation at Books@Stones, 360 Logan Rd Stones Corner QLD 4120.

Jessica will be in conversation with Dr Breda Carty, Vice Patron of The Deaf Society, at Gleebooks in Sydney on Monday 16th September 2019. This event will be interpreted by an Auslan signer.

Jessica will discuss Hearing Maud, as well as her current research on Western Australia’s first female scientist, 19th century botanist Georgiana Molloy, at the Heroines Festival in Thirroul on Sunday 15th September 2019.

Jessica will be in conversation with Melanie Cheng and A.S Patric on a panel, ‘Inside the Creative Life’ on Sunday 8th September 2019 at the Brisbane Writers Festival.

Jessica will speak about Hearing Maud at Kenmore Library on Thursday 5th September from 6.30 - 7.30pm. An Auslan interpreter will interpret the event, and books will be for sale.

Jessica will speak about Hearing Maud at Corinda Library on Tuesday 27th August from 10.30am - 11.30am. An Auslan interpreter will interpret the event, and books will be for sale.

Jessica will speak about Hearing Maud at Ashgrove Library on Saturday 24th August from 11.00am - 12.00pm. An Auslan interpreter will interpret the event, and books will be for sale.

Jessica will be discussing Hearing Maud on 4th August 2019 in two panels at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, Research and Writing with Jesse Blackadder and Jock Serong, and Memoir: Making Sense of Life Carly Findlay and Caro Llewellyn.

Jessica’ third book, Hearing Maud, will be launched at Avid Reader Bookstore on Thursday, 25th July, by Dr Donna McDonald. An Auslan signer will be present for any d/Deaf/hard-of-hearing attendees. Tickets are free and can be booked via this link.

Jessica’s hybrid memoir, Hearing Maud, will be published by University of Western Australia Press on 1st July 2019. You can pre-order a copy here.

Jessica has been selected to be a mentor for emerging writer Fiona Murphy. Fiona, a poet and essayist, is writing as series of essays on deafness. You can find out more about WestWords’ metorship program here.

Jessica was Southerly journal's monthly blogger in August 2017. Click on the links to read her posts.

Jessica was interviewed by the Queensland Writers Centre to find out why she writes! You can read more here.

Jessica will be speaking at the Quantum Words Festival, a festival of science writing, a the NSW Writers' Centre on Saturday 12th November. Details can be found here.

Jessica will be speaking about Rosa and Maud Praed at a symposium at the State Library of New South Wales on Thursday, 3rd November. More details can be found at this link.

Jessica's short story 'Unfurling' appears in Our Sporting Life, the Griffith Review edition on sport. On Thursday 25th January, Jessica will be reading from her story at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Jessica's short story, 'Old Honey' has been shortlisted for the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. You can read extracts from the shortlisted writers here.

Jessica has written a blog post for Arts Queensland, 'To Hear in Other Ways', about how deafness has shaped her creative practice. You can read it here.

Jessica will be speaking about Entitlement and her childhood in the country at Orange City Library on Tuesday, 8th July at 5.30PM.

Jessica has received a grant from Arts Queensland's Individuals Fund. She will use it to research and write her book on 19th Century Queensland novelist Rosa Praed and her deaf daughter Maud.

Jessica will be in conversation with novelist and journalist Ashley Hay, author of the recently released The Railwayman’s Wife, at Books@Stones at Stones Corner, Shop 1, 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner.