On Modernism
Fitzroy’s iconic Cairo flats, designed by architect Acheson Best Overend, became the blueprint for modern life in Melbourne in the 1930s. These studio flats offered... Read More
Adrift in Williamstown
Raconteur historian Robyn Annear (Corners of Melbourne) usually brings the streets of historic Melbourne to life; today she turns to her own genealogy and the... Read More
Where Two Rivers Meet
The confluence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers is of great ecological, psychogeographical and cultural significance—in particular to the Woi Wurrung and Boonwurrung Peoples of... Read More
Unsung Family Heroes
Three writers, Georgina Banks (Back to Bangka), Hugh Jones (Two Good Soldiers, One Great War) and Suzy Zail (Inkflower) have uncovered family legacies obscured by... Read More
On Barbara Tucker and Heide
Much more than a muse; Barbara Tucker was a vital partner in the artistic success of her famed husband. Using accounts from friends and family,... Read More
An Antarctic Adventure
Dennis Glover’s latest novel Thaw is based on a true lost expedition to Antarctica in 1912. Journey to the icy continent with Dennis in conversation... Read More
On the Suffragettes
Votes for women was a huge leap for feminism, but have we plateaued? Melanie Joosten (Like Fire-Hearted Suns) and Iola Mathews (Winning for Women: A... Read More
Ghost Stories at Altona Homestead
Call upon the ghost of Sarah Langhorne, who has haunted the Altona Homestead for a century. Join Rijn Collins (Fed to Red Birds), Graeme Reilly... Read More
Lost City of Melbourne: Screening and Q&A
The cityscape of Melbourne looked wildly different pre-1956, before Whelan the Wrecker’s demolition blitz began. Once the epicentre of culture, film and restaurants, Melbourne’s Victorian... Read More
LAUNCH: Two Good Soldiers, One Great War
Local author Hugh Jones has written an account of two doomed Tasmanians in WWI: one a star footballer, the other a betrayed public servant. Join... Read More