Helen Cushing is an Australian freelance journalist and writer. This archive of her work includes feature articles, columns, stories, book extracts, academic pieces and a journal. Themes include gardening, environment, travel, yoga, peace, & literature. 

Helen’s story

Before the compulsion to write books set in, (I was still learning the alphabet), my earliest ambition was to own a flower shop with my mother. This idea failed to gain traction, leaving me alone with a marvellous new ambition: to be a writer. I was seven years old.

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