There’s more than one kind of Australian. We are a nation of different cultural heritages, languages, beliefs and families constantly colliding with one another, but consuming local media, you wouldn’t know it. If an Indian family bought the house down the street, you wouldn’t bat an eyelid. In 2011, the Kapoor family moving to Ramsey […]
Food: one of Melbourne’s many creative obsessions. Making it, eating it, and certainly writing about it. I’m thrilled to be on Emerging Writers’ Festival’s ‘Thought for Food’ panel, coming up on Wednesday 28 May. The panel will bring together four Melbourne food writers who have defined their niche in the expansive blogosphere and learned the art […]
Meet the MWF Schools’ Program director, Mike Shuttleworth. Mike is a youth literature activist, organising events and writing about youth literature since 2002. Most importantly, he is the director of the MWF Schools’ Program. Get to know him in the only way that makes sense, through his favourite books. Tell us about your favourite YA […]
Melbourne’s winter has almost arrived, bringing clouds, rain and crisp mornings. Winter is the perfect time to retreat into the pages of a book and we’ve got recommendations we think will warm you right up over the next few months. We suggest the following titles to help you through the foggy mornings, rainy days and […]
