by Breathtaking. Spellbinding. Classy. Elegant. These are the resolutely deserved adjectives that come to mind to describe Australian author, Vanessa McCausland’s, latest evocatively transformative novel, “The Beautiful Words”. The novel fluctuates effortlessly and seamlessly between Palm Beach (an idyllic seaside locale […]
by “A feeling of strong or constant affection for a person”. Such is the sublime concept of love defined; a feeling and outwardly manifested force that has been given and received by myriad folk through the ages, and is still in […]
by For those living on the precarious outer-rim of the sphere of modern society (which includes those labelled ‘disabled’, among other marginalised groups), both subtle and solidly brutal words and acts of discrimination frequently penetrate to the very core of the […]
by In one’s years as a young adult, relationships – both in terms of friendships and romantic liaisons – are often intricately fraught with painfully nuanced angst and heartbreaking regret. Such is certainly the case in well-established Irish author, Sally Rooney’s, […]
by Some 38 000 Australians go missing each year; ninety-nine percent of these people are located within a year with the assistance of the public. In “The Way It Is Now”, the murkily menacing new crime novel by prolific Australian author […]
by Pubs are frequently the cultural epicentre of the essentially disparate community in Australian country towns, and publicans are often reliable sounding boards for townsfolk to tell their sometimes not insignificant troubles to – and even times their murky secrets. Such […]
by Residing in an undeniably idyllic country such as Australia, with a beautifully free democracy, it seems deeply perturbing and outrageous that historically there have existed – and indeed still exist in the world – societies where fundamental human rights are […]
by I didn’t need to be asked twice to review new movie Bestsellers starring Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza. Lina Roesslor’s new comedy is based on books, publishers and authors and books and writing are my passion. This funny movie is […]
by “Can you please tell me a love story.” And so it began, with Brisbane’s best loved author, sitting on the corner of Adelaide and Albert Streets in my hometown of Brisbane. Trent Dalton placed before him a simple sign reading […]
by It’s an intricately questionable, but not an entirely unfathomable dilemma; a stranger knocks on your door – with no prior warning – claiming to be a relative of yours. The question is, do you let them in, or turn them […]
by Even the most seemingly stereotypically ‘normal’ of families can be deceptively holding together a familial structure that’s very fabric is filled with not only nuanced peculiarities, but shattering secrets – which have the potential to alter lives irrevocably if revealed. […]
by Lack of racial diversity is forlornly rife in many workplaces across the world, and is starkly apparent in the American Book Publishing Industry – both in terms of employees in this sphere and authors represented. It is in a contemporary American […]
by Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”; so said Lord Acton in 1887. Fast forward to the present day in Australia (and indeed the world), and it is undeniable that Lord Acton’s words so frequently ring true. Lord Acton’s […]
by It was a dark and stormy night, thunder crashed like cymbals and rain pitter pattered like a thousand violins.The sky was rumbling like a deep double bass. It was the perfect night to stay safe inside listening to beautiful music […]
by When a book has been on former US President Barack Obama’s “Summer Reading List” for 2021, you know two things at the outset; firstly, that the book will be indisputably classy, and secondly cohesively intriguing. Such is the case for […]
by Survival by creating a language. This powerful film is based on the short story ‘Invention of a language’ by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase and true events. In 1942 to survive being shot by the Nazi firing squad a Belgian Jew […]
by I am forever intrigued by writers comments when Earth becomes uninhabitable for humans, particularly when it has been destroyed by climate change, pandemics and war all of which somewhere around the globe we are being subjected to in 2021. I […]
by “Life is better with theatre” was the opening statement from Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director, Lee Lewis as she launched Queensland Theatre’s 2022 season, promising big stories filled with hope and recovery. As Lee explained to the COVID safe capacity crowd, […]
by The teenage years in one’s life are frequently times of mortifying self-consciousness with some rigorous semblance of inner angst thrown into the mix. Such is the case in Melbourne writer, editor and lawyer Alice Pung’s latest novel, “One Hundred Days”. Our […]
by Hello, my name is Michelle and I live in the now famous suburb of The Gap. This year there is no better way to celebrate the 2021 Brisbane Festival, than with the play that has been unintentionally three years in […]
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