wright at home
writing, content creation, media management
dani@wrightathome.com.au, Surf Coast, Victoria

I started my working life as an editorial department intern at British ELLE magazine, before moving into the music business working as a publicist for PR firms, music management companies and as head of Public Relations for Richard Branson's V2 Music Group in London, as well as for EMI Music in Auckland.

​

I moved across into book publishing, working for Frederick Warne and Penguin Books (both in London and later in Auckland) organising and publicising author tours for Marian Keyes, Charlotte Dawson, Morris Gleitzman and many others, as well as working as a book reviewer for newspapers and a book editor for publishers such as Allen & Unwin, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins and Hachette Livre. I also have four books published through Gecko Press / Frances Lincoln, Tuttle and New Holland.  

​

I have also worked as a music video producer, photographer's assistant, PR agency account director, post-production facility manager, mayoral speech-writer, communications and media manager, digital communications officer and book editor.

​

As a journalist, I have written cover stories and lifestyle features, including profile pieces on sportspeople and artists, as well as travel, design, business, family, food and beauty/wellbeing articles for The Age, BBC Travel, Jetstar magazine, Escape, Herald Sun, Sunday Life magazine, Geelong Advertiser, GOxplore, Go Camping, Good, Oh Baby!, Yahoo/MSN, AA Directions, Business Life, the Guardian, Geelong Surf Coast Living, House of Wellness, New Zealand Herald, Domain, The Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Herald, Herald on Sunday, Adelaide Advertiser, Hobart Mercury, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and various other outlets. I have also written regular newspaper columns in Australia and New Zealand. 

In PR and communications, I have also worked for EMI Music, Goode PR, Pead PR, the pr shop, Intrapac Property, Life Saving Victoria, Surf Coast Shire Council, Colac Otway Shire Council, Vail Resorts (as senior communications manager looking after internal and external communications for Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham ski resorts) and many PR clients directly through my own PR business, particularly in the arts, travel and tourism, emergency services, property and FMCG sectors.
 

If you have a writing project or story idea to pitch me, feel free to get in touch.

​

Education
- Dux of Cottesloe Primary School, Western Australia

- Graduated high school from John XXIII College, Western Australia with my last year of high school completed via distance learning from Hong Kong.

- Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Marketing/Law) at Curtin University - awarded commendation for high marks in last semester.

- Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics) at Massey University - 2 papers remaining.

- Diploma of Publishing (Editorial, Production) at Whitireia - 82% merit for editing exam and high pass for editing assignment. Two papers - marketing and sales weren't completed because I already had industry knowledge of these.

​

Shorter courses:

- Faber Academy: Writing a Novel 2024

- Nature Writing by Inga Simpson, Writing NSW

- Profile Writing by David Lester, Australian Writers Centre

- Writing from the Sentence Up by Emily Bitto, Writing NSW

- Writing a Sense of Place by Felicity Castagna, Writing NSW

- Writing a Life by Arnold Zable, Faber Writer's Academy

- Narrative Journalism Masterclass at Melbourne Writer's Festival (by April Reese/Siri Carpenter)

- Food Writing course by New York's Gotham Writer's Workshop (by Andrew Collins)

- Book Reviewing Masterclass with The Big Issue/The Age's Thuy On

- How to Interview workshop with Dumbo Feather

- Professional Photography Course by The Photography Institute

- Natural Light Portrait Workshop by Creative Photo Workshops

- Digital Photography Course by Treve Dromgool, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design

- Travel Writing course taught by Graham Reid 

- Travel Writing course taught by Rob McFarland

- Higher Certificate in Fiction Writing (one year course) taught by award-winning author John Cranna and various visiting authors.

- Fact to Fiction by the Faber Writing Academy with Lisa Lang

- Writing for Magazines by Cindy Macdonald (The Saturday Paper) via The Writer’s Centre, Melbourne

- Writing Workshop by Joy Cowley, Storylines, Auckland

- Writing Workshop by Christopher Vogler (author ‘The Writer’s Journey’)

- Writing Workshop by Joy Cowley, Te Tuhi Arts Centre, Auckland

- Copywriting, April - June 2005, AUT, Auckland

- Book Editing with Stephen Stratford, February 2005, Auckland University

- Writing Workshop by Margaret Mahy, January 2004, Auckland University

- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, January 2004, AUT

- Photoshop computer course, 2003, ACE training

- English Grammar (Part 11), 2003, AUT, Auckland

- English Grammar (Part 1), 2003, AUT, Auckland