I am widely published as a features writer for websites, magazines and newspapers in Australia, the UK and US. Additionally, I contributed three chapters to the Lonely Planet Experience Tasmania guidebook, published in 2022.
My writing tends to reflect my interests, which include travel, food and family, but as you’ll see from the selected clips below I’m a versatile writer who is comfortable tackling most subjects.
If you have an editorial or writing opportunity, please contact me.
Parenting and Family
- The Washington Post: I’ve become an accidental Dear Abby
- Guardian: He’s not my father, he’s my husband
- Literary Mama: The Last Bedtime Story
- Kidspot: 5 things only expat parents understand
- Elephant Journal: Making sense of motherhood
Environment and Activism
- Guardian: Au revoir Aurora Australis
- SBS: Even in Antarctica, women are experiencing sexism
- Guardian: Inspirational climate researchers feared dead on Arctic expedition
- Observer: Death on the Ice
Travel
- Guardian: I was told to live like a tourist after my 18,000km move
- Guardian: Four of the best Tasmanian road trips
- Guardian: Dark Mofo or no
- Guardian: Tasmania’s off-beat gin boom
- The Simple Things: My City, Hobart (pdf)
- Caught by the River: Going Home
- RACT Journeys: Tasmania’s most scenic 4WD routes
Miscellaneous
- RACT Journeys: The Orchard Trail
- Literary Mama: Confessions of a Diary Writer
- RACT Journeys: Still Stoked
- Caught by the River: Dog walking at the bottom of the world
Image via Dustin Lee/Unsplash
Ruth Dawkins Freelance Writer 