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Chloe Petts on Big Naturals and Lad Culture

Chloe Petts on Big Naturals and Lad Culture

Chloe Petts is in Melbourne for the International Comedy Festival with her fourth solo show,…
David O’Doherty and the Mechanics of Things

David O’Doherty and the Mechanics of Things

  We are heading down a backstreet in a residential part of Brunswick to meet…
Writing the Unruly: Sarah on Fear, Fiction and Floods

Writing the Unruly: Sarah on Fear, Fiction and Floods

Something wonderful has been happening to my bookshelf recently. Older women are finally getting to…
Abby Wambaugh on building a comedy show out of fragments

Abby Wambaugh on building a comedy show out of fragments

Abby Wambaugh’s debut show, The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows, began from what she…
Following your Inkling — Lara Ricote on gut instincts, the Oracle and her latest festival show

Following your Inkling — Lara Ricote on gut instincts, the Oracle and her latest festival show

It’s a pouring start to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Through relentless rain, we make…
ART SERIES: Flora Portraits

ART SERIES: Flora Portraits

My life as an artist was transformed forever by a single rose bush and the…
How I Turned Up the Light After My Husband Died

How I Turned Up the Light After My Husband Died

Ten years ago, with no warning, I became a widow. I was 42 with three…
The Trouble with Perfect Communities

The Trouble with Perfect Communities

There’s something wild and destabilising at the heart of The Endling, Keely Jobe’s debut novel,…
Trace Balla on Treeshape: Childhood, Protests, and the Power of Stories

Trace Balla on Treeshape: Childhood, Protests, and the Power of Stories

I read Treeshape with my eight-year-old daughter, huddled in our hammock as cockatoos screeched overhead—a…
Between Land and Sea: Lauren Keegan on The Woman in the Seal Skin

Between Land and Sea: Lauren Keegan on The Woman in the Seal Skin

Lauren Keegan’s new novel, The Woman in the Seal Skin, plunges readers into the icy,…
Disconnected

Disconnected

I still have my Mum’s number saved in my phone. When my daughter took her…
Why Creating Imperfect Art Is a Powerful Tool for Autism, Mindfulness, and Healing

Why Creating Imperfect Art Is a Powerful Tool for Autism, Mindfulness, and Healing

As an autistic person who has struggled with my mental health my whole life, I…