Safety and security is what Australia of the mid 90’s offered her family, the author Raya Goldtwig reminisces about her childhood driven by war and genocide. She is a living witness to her family’s experiences and endurance of the horrors …
We have heard over the years rumours, innuendos and furtive stories about our beloved Luna Park and its history. Like the author, Helen Pitt, many visitors remember childhood or adolescent trips to the iconic amusement Park, nestled by the harbour, …
The foreword by Rabbi Benjamin J. Elton, Chief Minister of The Great Synagogue Sydney ascribes how difficult it is for a rabbi of this congregation to resist the call of its history, especially as he is a historian himself. Australian …
Queer love is not conventional, it was never afforded that luxury. Holding hands on the sidewalk is a bolder move than it should be. Finding our other half, building a family and making a safe haven is what we strive …
Australian author Eamon Evans is a man on a mission. He wants us to accept that life is not just one long party and you don’t have to feel happy all the time. His new book THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING …
With her first adult novel, WHAT RHYMES WITH MURDER? Penny Tangey transports us to East Melbourne for a tale of books, babies and murder.
It’s a simple enough premise – New mother Frida doesn’t get out as easily anymore and …
Ali Smith is a Scottish writer of experimental political novels. GLYPH is her sequel to her novel Gliff (2024) but is essentially a stand-alone story. The novel focuses on the childhood of two sisters, Petra and Patricia (nicknamed Patch), in …
There’s a motherhood story that when Donald Trump first announced that he was running for president in 2015, Tucker Carlson, the then host of Fox & Friends Weekend, was one of the few pundits who took his candidacy seriously. “He …
At a time when the media flood us with messages of despair, works like BICYCLOPOLIS provides a plausible– possible antidote; a simple, earnest story of a believably sustainable town, armed to defend itself against imposed progress, may resonate with those …
Set during the Great Depression, this graphic book presents a treasure trove of near-mythical stories that fictionally illustrated the bitter sweet tenement life of Eisner’s youth. It ultimately tells the epic story of life, death, and resurrection while exploring man’s …