Publications - selected works

The publications listed below reflect sustained work across research, long-form non-fiction, journalism, cultural writing, and government reporting. They span Arab Gulf society and maritime history, global trade and memory narratives, authored and edited books, institutional and museum publications, and scholarly essays for international audiences. Collectively, they examine how culture, environment, energy, and narrative shape societal transformation and long-term stewardship.

Books & Major Works

• The Honey Trail: In Pursuit of Liquid Gold .
  New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2010.
  Global investigation into trade ethics, climate change, and food security.

• Sons of Sindbad: The Photographs (with G. Pundyk, W. Facey, Y. Al-Hijji).
  London: Arabian Publishing, 2006.
  Definitive archival record of Gulf maritime heritage.

• Sons of Sindbad (Editor and Introduction).
  London: Arabian Publishing, 2006.
  Republication of Alan Villiers’ rediscovered classic of Arabian travel and maritime adventure.

• Sea Change: Alan Villiers and the Subversion of the Arabian Travel Narrative.
  Riyadh: Gulf Research Centre, 2006.
  Scholarly monograph on travel writing, maritime history, and narrative authority in the Arab Gulf.

• The Crash of MH370 (Editor).
  Crammond Media, 2017.
  Global aviation crisis analysis and narrative coordination.

• Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion (Editor).
  Wiley Asia, 2010.
  Chronicle of the life and work of a Buddhist nun and the global humanitarian organisation she founded.

• Invisible Words: The Semaphore of Skin.
  PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2018.
  ORCID: 0000-0002-9156-5757.

Selected Chapters, Essays & Journal Articles

• ‘Beyond the Written: Embodying the Sensorial as an Act of Remembering.’
  In Translating Worlds: Migration, Memory and Culture. Routledge, 2020.

• ‘The Promise of a Hospitable Memory: Encounters on the Threshold.’
  In Aftermath: The Rise and Fall After the Event. Jagiellonian University Press, 2019.

• ‘Reading the Invisible.’
  In Convention and Revolution: Life Writing by Women in the 1800s and 1900s.
  Polish Academy of Sciences, 2020.

• ‘Between the Living and the Dead: Skin and the Inhabiting of the Traumatic Periphery.’
  Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies, 2018.

• ‘Sailing with the Sons of Sindbad: Alan Villiers, the Australian Arabist.’
  Signals, National Maritime Museum, 2010.

Corporate, Institutional & Government Publications

• The Kuwaiti Digest – Kuwait Oil Company (Kuwait).
  English Editor, 1999–2001.
  Strategic editorial leadership for the national oil sector’s flagship journal.

• Gulf Research Centre (Riyadh).
  English Editor, 2006–2012.
  Editorial leadership across numerous titles addressing the strategic Gulf region, including the GCC states, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen.

• Government of Victoria (Australia)
  High-level reports, implementation statements, and policy-aligned communications across energy, environment, and water, including:

  • Offshore Wind and Fishing in Victoria. Victorian Government Strategic Report, 2025.

  • Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Statement 4. Victorian Government Strategic Report, 2025.

  • South East Water Annual Report: ESG & Environmental Performance. 2021.

  • Waterways and Drainage Investment Plan & Sustainable Development Goals Framework. Melbourne Water, 2020.

  • Sunbury’s Water Future: Background Report on Integrated Water Management. 2019.

  • Research & Innovation Review: Infrastructure and Technical Development. Melbourne Water, 2018.

  • Victorian Government Aboriginal Affairs Report. 2017.

Playwriting & Scripts

• Steppe.
  Award-shortlisted stage play; international performances and translations (English, Polish, Spanish).

• The Echidna and the White Dress (Script Consultant/Writer).
  YijalaYala – Big hART Indigenous Program, 2012.

• Ngurrara: Australian Aboriginal Interactive Storybook (Scriptwriter).
  Weerianna Street Media, 2013.

Journalism, Essays & Long-Form Non-Fiction (Selected)

Contributions to:
The Age (Melbourne); New Internationalist (UK); Island (Tasmania);
Garland Magazine (Digital); Arts Magazine (Singapore); Prestige (Singapore).

Topics include travel, culture, heritage, politics, environment, and society.

Guidebooks & Travel Writing

• Lonely Planet – guidebook author and contributor (Middle East, Africa, India), 1999–2002.

Museum, Exhibition & Cultural Publications

• Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore).
  Content writer for the permanent India Gallery and associated publications.

• Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore).
  Programme and exhibition-related content.

Editorial & Copyediting Work (Selected)

• John Wiley & Sons – strategic editorial leadership on titles spanning advertising, marketing, HR, finance, business, banking across SE Asia.

• HarperCollins – non-fiction titles (Australia).

• McGraw-Hill – educational publishing US).

• Hansard – government publications (UK and Australia).