sentences:  She also presented the literary programmes "First Edition" and "Book Talk" (1998–2006).She previously worked as a literary editor for the publisher McPhee Gribble and was a judge of the Miles Franklin Award, an Australian award for fiction, and the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, an award for a work of fiction by a writer under 35 years.On retirement in 2005, she moved to Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, and joined the board of Varuna - The Writers' House in Katoomba.