What an honour to have contributed a letter to my 21-year-old self in Kim Chandler McDonald’s phenomenal new release, Postcards From Tomorrow: A collection of Letters From Inspirational Women to Their 21 Year Old Selves.
About the book:
A collection of more than 270 heartfelt letters, encompassing hilarity and heartbreak, insight and inspiration from an amazing array of women of influence and integrity writing to their younger selves. There are letters from women who are ‘household names’ as well as from women you will be introduced to, within its pages, for the first time. There are Australian and international luminaries from the worlds of comedy, theatre, TV and dance; you’ll meet adventurers and Olympic champions, broadcasters and journalists, activists and philanthropists, politicians, business leaders, innovators and instigators.
Contributors include: Amanda Brown, Amantha Imber, Andrea Durbach, Angela Bogdan, Angie Davis, Ann Reinking, Anne Aly, Anne Dunn, Anne MacPherson, Anne Summers, Annie Maynard, Anntonette Daily, Antoinette Braybrook, Antoinette Gambotto-Burke; Beate Chelette, Beatie Wolfe, Bernadette Black; Carla Zampatti, Carol Fox, Catherine Ball, Catherine Fox, Catharine Lumby, Cathrin Blickling, Cathy Pearl, Céline Schillinger, Charlotte Wood, Chrissy Sharp, Claudia Karvan, Collette Dinnigan; Darcey Bussell, Deanne Weir, Debbie Forster, Deborah Thomas, Div Pillay, Domini Marshall, Donella Freeman; Eliane Miles, Elizabeth Anne MacGregor, Emma Gierschick, Emma Macdonald, Emma-Jane Newton; Fiori Giovanni, Frances Rush; Gabrielle Dolan, Genevieve Clay-Smith; Ingrid Giles, Iris Lapinski, Isabella Cowan; Jacinta Tynan, Jacqueline Arias, Jacquie O’Brien, Jamila Rizvi, Jan Logan, Jane Alver, Jane Caro, Janelle Weissman, Jannette Cotterell, Jenine Beekhuyzen, Jennifer Hansen, Jennifer Wittwer, Jill Christman, Jillian Broadbent, Jo Mikleus, Joan Westenberg, Joynicole Martinez, Julia Hasche, Julie Bishop, Julie Trell, Juliet Rieden; Karen Glass, Karen Lawson, Karen Moses, Karen Mundine, Karima Mariama-Arthur, Karla Grant, Kasia Gospos, Katarina Carroll, Kate Cherry, Kate McClymont, Kate Warner, Kathy Lette, Katie Sarah, Katrina Irawati Graham, Kavita Singh Kale, Kellie Hush, Kelly Hoey, Kerri Sackville, Kerry Tucker, Kim McKay, Kiran Grewel, Kirstin Ferguson, Kirsten Galliott, Kylie Grey; Layne Beachley, Leanne De Souza, Leigh Russell, Linda Hurley, Linda Jaivin, Lisa Annese, Lisa Backhouse, Lisa Camillo, Lisa Forrest, Lisa Shamseldin, Lise Lapointe, Liz Deep-Jones, Louise Chappell, Louise Herron, Lucy Bloom, Lucy Keeler, Lyn Swinburne, Lynn Melnick; Madeleine Grummet, Maeve O’Meara, Margaret Beazley, Margaret Magdesian, Margie Warrell, Mariana Go, Mariana Rudan, Marion (Maz) Farrelly, Marisa Purcell, Matina Jewell, Mehreen Faruqi, Melanie Raymond, Melissa Griffiths, Melissa Sterry, Michelle Lee, Michelle Redfern; Naomi Simson, Nicole Alexander; Olivia Rousset, Olivia Ruello, Oprah Winfrey; Peggy Giakoumelos, Poppy Jaman, Prue Gilbert; Ranya Alkadamani, Rebecca Poulson, Renee Car, Rhoda Roberts, Robyn Foyster, Rochelle Courtenay, Roz Savage, Ruby Zefo, Ruth Fingret; Sally Capp, Sally Loane, Sally Patten, Sam, Squiers, Sam Turner, Sandra D’Souza, Sandra Yates, Sarah Davis, Sarah Grace Worboys, Sarah Moran, Sarah Wilson, Sarrah Le Marquand, Shaan Ross-Smith, Sharesz T. Wilkinson, Sharon Hunneybell, Sheree Rubinstein, Shirley Chowdhary, Simmone Logue, Skye Leckie, Sofie Laguna, Sue Packer, Sue Woodward, Susan Oliver, Susan Scrupski, Susan Wynne, Suzi Finkelstein, Suzy Miller, Sybil Steele; Tammy Barton, Tanya Denning Orman, Tanya Diesel, Tanya Jackson-Vaughan, Tarla Lambert, Tasneem Chopra, Teara Fraser, Theda Davids-Muller, Tina Tower; Vanessa Fowler, Vicki Saunders, Vivienne Skinner; Wendy Stops; Yael Eisenstat, Yasmine Khater; Zoe Cunningham.
The book is available now on AMAZON, with all proceeds going to Lou’s Place, Sydney’s 1 daytime drop-in women’s refuge.