Gold Coast confirmed to host Australian Poetry Slam heat
Local poets have been slogging it out with monthly poetry nights at the Dust Temple for three years now, but something big has happened…
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DISNEY ON ICE ‘DARE TO DREAM’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2015 REVIEW
Disney On Ice is a world class touring performance that needs no introduction. Featuring internationally renowned ice skaters, Disney On Ice’s 2015 tour is…
Guidelines for controversial Excellence for the Arts program open for comment
The Federal Government’s highly controversial new $80 million funding program for the arts has released its draft guidelines. The National Program for Excellence in…
The Fishermen | Chigozie Obioma
Before picking up this novel, the only writing to come out of Nigeria I had ever read were emails letting me know I had…
Heat and Light | Ellen Van Neervan
This is the first book by South East Queensland writer Ellen Van Neervan, a young woman who belongs to the Yugambeh people of the…
High Sobriety | Jill Stark
Jill Stark is a health writer for the Sunday Age. She was also a self-confessed binge drinker until a particularly brutal two-day hangover caused…
Elizabeth is Missing
“Then I remember that I am old and nobody is looking at me.” Most of us prefer not to think about it. But the…