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• Josephine Rowe - Author Interview

  

  Josephine Rowe is a Melbourne based writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her recent work appears in Best Australian Stories, Best Australian Poems,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Sport and a Pastime - Review

  

  I wanted to love this book. I didn’t. It didn’t satisfy. I need to be gripped by a story and dragged headlong through it. I want to regret closing the book so... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Matthew Reilly - Author Event

  

  I freely admit I have not yet read a Matthew Reilly book, but that certainly didn’t stop me from attending his author event at the Cranbourne Community Theatre... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• POETRIX - The Final Issue!

  

  After 20 years, Poetrix poetry magazine is about to publish its 40th and final issue!Poetrix began in 1992 when the Western Women Writers group decided to... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2012 - My Year of Reading

  

  Well, that’s it! Why not get along to your local library and borrow some of these to read over the summer? If you do, come back and leave me a comment to tell m... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Draw of the Dystopian Novel

  

  I am drawn to the dystopian novel. Perhaps it's because I've lost my faith in the happy ending; or perhaps I never had faith in it to start with. I have long... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• National Year of Reading - Garth Nix

  

    Garth Nix is the New York Times best-selling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series, and the acclaimed novels Sabriel,... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Winter Writing Workshop - Kate Forsyth

  

  On a rather dismal wintery Sunday in June I joined a group of thirty or so like-minded souls as we absorbed some writerly lessons from Australian author Kate... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tiggy Johnson - Poet Series

  

  Tiggy Johnson is a Melbourne-turned-Brisbane writer and editor whose stories and poems have appeared in various literary magazines and on Melbourne trains. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ashley Capes - Poet Series

  

  Ashley teaches Media and English in Victoria, Australia. Hisfirst collection of poetry pollen and the storm was published withthe assistance of Small Change... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nathan Curnow - Poet Series

  

  Nathan Curnow is anAustralian writer and spoken word performer. In 2007 he stayed overnightat ten haunted sites around the country and wrote a book about his... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stu Hatton - Poet Series

  

  StuHatton is an editor, writer and reader, currently based in Melbourne,Australia. In 2006 he was awarded a mentorship through the Australian Societyof... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kevin Gillam - Poet Series

  

  Kevin Gillam: is a West Australian poet with three booksof poetry published, "Other Gravities"(2003) and"Permitted to Fall"(2007) with Sunline Press, and... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Katherine Howell - Author Interview Series

  

  Katherine Howell worked as a paramedicfor fifteen years and uses that experience in her bestselling crime novels. Her fifth novel Silent Fear was released... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Libby Hart - Poet Series

  

  Libby Hart’s most recent collection of poetry, 'ThisFloating World' was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier's Literary Award (CJDennis Prize for Poetry) and 'Th... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Janet Jackson - Poet Series

  

  JANET JACKSON is a writer and editor and a poet of page, screen and microphone. Her poems have appeared in print and online media including Westerly, Mattoid,... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Coming Soon!

  I am painfully aware that almost an entire month has passed of this new year and I have not delivered on my promise.I have the green light from about ten poets... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Last Words for 2011

  

  Well the time has come to wrap up on another busy year of reading and writing. I got off to a slow start reading-wise due to last year's christmas toy (iPad) bu... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dianne Blacklock - Author Interview Series

  

  Dianne Blacklock is the author of eight books, Call Waiting, Wife for Hire, Almost Perfect, False Advertising, Crossing Paths, Three’s a Crowd, The Right Time,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Melina Marchetta - Author Interview Series

  

  Melina Marchetta's first novel Looking For Alibrandi was published in 1992 and was released as a film in 2000 which she also wrote. Her novels have been... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE