I spoke to Damien Leith as he was heading home from a telethon for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, a place dear to...
The Hollow Men (1925), a poem by T. S. Eliot (Wikipedia here) We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men...
Too many years ago a guitarist in Tassie asked me to get him the plans for a jazz guitar while I was...
I’m a believer and when you see Bobby Bruce you will be too. In his uncanny tribute act, Bobby Bruce, otherwise known...
Campbell Newman’s attack on the Queensland premier’s prizes wasn’t about doing something better for literature in Queensland. It was a brutish, if...
First published in the SMH here, on June 16. The Miles Franklin is presented next week. But are prizes really good for...
I spoke to Circa’s Nathan Boyle this week. Nathan will be appearing at the Theatre Royal with Circa. Hobart will round out...
The lovely Tim Pocock (Dance Academy, Home and Away and Wolverine) was in Tasmania this last weekend for a series of talks...
‘RINGO’ BY ST VIRGIL’S COLLEGIATE, WINNER OF THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. Friday 29 June, 11:30am St Virgil’s Collegiate School Assembly The Art...
What: launch by Professor Rob White of Poppy Lopatniuk’s Tomorrow’s Children. When: 5.30pm Friday 6th July Where: The Hobart Bookshop The book...