Read Local, Weird and Wonderful
Discover your next read from a local writer. Imbi Neeme (Kind Of, Sort of, Maybe), Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect), Emily Spurr (Beatrix & Fred)... 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
Of Upstanding Character
Tony Birch (Women & Children), Chris Womersley (Ordinary Gods and Monsters) and Myfanwy Jones (Cool Water) write men with complicated relationships to masculinity. Hear how... 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
Food as Family and Freedom
SalamaTea’s Hamed Allahyari (Salamati) and Moroccan Soup Bar’s Hana Assafiri (Hana) join Jaclyn Crupi (Pasta Love) to discuss how they’ve used food as a bridge... Read More
Publishing in the 21st Century
It’s the quintessential question for writers completing their first draft. Do you try your luck with an agent and the slush pile of a publishing... Read More
Where Did You Find the Body?
Writers Peter Fitzpatrick (Mayo Street), Elizabeth Coleman (A Dance With Murder) and Dennis Altman (Death in the Sauna) all have illustrious writing and arts careers... 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
From Page to Stage to Screen
Storytelling can take many shapes, and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke (The Hate Race), Elise Esther Hearst (One Day We’re All Going to Die) and Elizabeth... Read More
Let’s Mix the Palette
Colours fly when three Liquid Amber Poets: Anne Elvey, Dominique Hecq and Rose Lucas reflect on the influence of the visual on their writing –... Read More