Writer, teacher and publisher Maggie Hamilton gives regular talks, lectures and workshops throughout Australia and New Zealand; writes for magazines; and is a keen observer of social trends. She has a Masters in English Literature, a passion for the art of living meaningfully, and is a regular media commentator.

Maggie Hamilton’s working life has encompassed the public and private sectors, and includes senior roles in book publishing and with the ABC. In her book Love Your Work, Maggie presents a philosophy of work that meets the challenges of increasing workloads, shrinking resources, retrenchment and takeovers, inspiring us to reclaim our lives within and beyond work.

Her professional commitments have included serving on the executive committee of the Sydney Peace Foundation and as member of the organising committee for the Federation Australian Women’s History Project, the Office for the Status of Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

In amongst her work commitments, Maggie continues to take time to travel out to deserts and to other far-flung parts of the planet. She shares all she has learned there in Coming Home and in Magic of the Moment, and will reveal more in her forthcoming book A Soft Place to Land out early 2007. In Maggie’s new book on men, What Men Don’t Talk About And Why, she takes readers into the world of real men and boys and how they see their world.

Maggie has published a number of books including Coming Home: Rediscovering Our Sacred Selves, Love Your Work, Reclaim Your Life and Magic of the Moment for adults. Passionate also about giving children as rich a childhood she has written a number of books for children, and still presents to children and young adults when she can.

Her books for kids include Mister Eternity (inspired by Sydney’s own Mr Eternity Arthur Stace), The Lost Kingdom of Lantia, My Secret Diary, Magic Tricks, and Very Tricky for kids. Maggie has also self-published Over the Hills and Far Away - an account of her father’s childhood in Scotland during the Depression, and has also contributed to a number of works including The Road to Camelot and 30 Australian Stories for Children. Her books Magic Tricks and Very Tricky are also available as audio books.