In her latest book, Graft, Maggie MacKellar describes a year on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life - and death - that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons. She gives us the land she knows and loves, the lambs she cares for, the ewes she tries to save, the birds around her, and the dogs and horses she adores.

She has published two books on the history of settlement in Australia and Canada and two memoirs, When It Rains and How To Get There.

She now lives on the east coast of Tasmania with her partner and two children.