Selected Journalism, Broadcasts and Other Excerpts
Ashley has written for a number of publications including The Independent Monthly, The Bulletin, The Monthly, and Qantas’s two magazines, The Australian Way and Air. Here are links to some of her journalism and other excerpts.
Australian Geographic
Australia's World-Heritage Convict Sites (April-June 2011)
Good Weekend
The Great Aussie Mozzie Posse (June 25, 2011)
The Monthly
The Lovely Bones (July 2008)
The Charm of a Charm (June 2008)
Ticked Off (Sept 2007)
Kate and the Whale (Dec/Jan 2006)
Hopper’s Crossing (Nov 2006)
John White’s Table (Sept 2006)
Gods of War and Rain (July 2006)
The Bulletin (articles in PDF)
Great Vibrations (Jan 22, 2008)
Buried Treasure (Dec 18, 2007)
Rainbow Warriors (Dec 19, 2006)
Harriet the Star (Nov 9, 2005)
The Wonders of Antarctica (Apr 6, 2005)
Cash and Harry (June 11, 2003)
Gum Grower’s Ark (Oct 23, 2002)
Pointe of View (June 19, 2002)
Radio National
Ockam’s Razor (April 2005)
Perspective (May 2003)
ABC-TV
Reality Bites: From The Heart – The Eucalypt (directed by Bruce Permezel), screened in June 2004 and again in June 2006
In Conversation (audio online)
With Kate Grenville about her novel The Lieutenant, Sydney Writers’ Festival, 2009
With David Malouf about his novel Ransom, State Library of Queensland, 2009
With Helen Garner about her novel The Spare Room, State Library of Queensland, 2009
Tourism Australia
Brand campaign on the London Underground, 23 May-19 June, 2005
This campaign on London's Underground rail network featured several authors' descriptions of their own Australian experiences alongside images that reflected their words – Lonely Planet’s global travel editor Don George; novelist Tim Winton; and Sydney writer Ashley Hay.
More than 400 large poster ads appeared in 118 London Underground stations, as well as in 4000 tube card panels. A simultaneous radio campaign featured three ads. Click to listen to these.