Embracing food and bodies

(Pictured: left, at the Regional Flavours Festival and right, with Taryn Brumfitt at the Q&A for her documentary, EMBRACE) We’ve had an amazing week in Brisbane. We have embraced some of the best of our regional produce and we have had a […]

How to help a friend in need

There’s nothing like sisterhood – the bond between women that transcends ordinary acquaintance. When the going is good and the laughs keep rolling, it’s easy to smile and giggle through the joys of life with our sisters. But when the going gets […]

Cold Spiral Carvings by Madison Manning

Madison ManningMadison Manning grew up in Brisbane, and is currently studying English and History within an Education degree. She likes to distract herself with all things artsy as much as she can; reading, writing, drawing, and playing music (violin, guitar and singing). […]

Day tripper

Nothing planned for the weekend? I’ve got you covered. One reason Brisbane is such a liveable city is that it has a multitude of day trips in every direction. Outdoor lovers are especially spoilt for choice with national parks, picturesque waterfalls and […]

An epiphany – Embrace

(Pictured above: Taryn Brumfitt during the making of her documentary, EMBRACE) I’ve had an epiphany of sorts … it came after I attended the documentary EMBRACE and the Q&A with Taryn Brumfitt. This doco is life changing. I wish I had seen […]

Treasure hunter

I became interested in old bottles in 1972.  I had gone on a bushwalking filming trip to Port Davey in remote South West Tasmania with a work team. Our aim was to film around the Davey River that was virtually unexplored since […]

Wednesday and weekends

You know the feeling. It’s been a looooong day. You’re tired and hungry. All you want to do is put up your feet and ignore the world for half an hour to build up the strength to see you through the sessions […]

Drama and the (L)aftermath

(Pictured above: with the Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk at the Queensland Premier’s Drama Awards) On Tuesday we were delighted to be invited to the annual Queensland Premier’s Drama Award winner announcement at the Billie Brown Studios, Queensland Theatre Company. Presented by The Honourable […]

Promise: what would you do?

Author: Sarah Armstrong / Reviewer: Kellie Byrnes Synopsis: (Pan Macmillan, 2016) When a new family moves in next door, it takes Anna just two days to realise that something is very wrong. She can hear their five-year old daughter Charlie crying, then […]

What will I tell my girls?

Another attack… more lives lost… it’s been a heavy last few weeks around the world and each time something happens, a little part of me dies. This morning I woke to the news of the attack in Nice (France) by a crazed […]

CLOSED: Win a ticket to Taryn Brumfitt’s EMBRACE

This competition has now closed. Congratulations to our winners: Yasmeen Millard, Sergeja Bosanac, Chris Jull, M.Jensen, J.Davies. Thanks to Transmission Films, She Brisbane has five in-season double passes to give away to the documentary EMBRACE. Post a comment in Helen’s story about your […]

Growing up different

Imagine being born with a face that was different. Not with lots of freckles, or a large nose or big ears, but with a face that is considered freakish, caused by a mutation in a gene that caused the bones in your […]

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