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Miranda Darling’s Fireweather: On Climate Collapse, Female Rage, and the Power of Refusal

Miranda Darling’s Fireweather: On Climate Collapse, Female Rage, and the Power of Refusal

Miranda Darling’s Fireweather is a novel alive with ash, birdsong, fury, and unexpected laughter. Following…
The Power of Dance, Bowie, and Beautiful People

The Power of Dance, Bowie, and Beautiful People

It’s the afternoon, and I feel The Slump. I’m energetically and emotionally flat. I feel…
EXTRACT: A Woman’s Voice by Alli Sinclair

EXTRACT: A Woman’s Voice by Alli Sinclair

1911 – Berlin, Germany Twenty-one-year-old Ida Naber hunched against the mid-March wind, her red coat…
Book Boyfriends, and Writing the Perfect Petty Villain with Holly Brunnbauer

Book Boyfriends, and Writing the Perfect Petty Villain with Holly Brunnbauer

Holly’s debut rom-com What Did I Miss? has hit the shelves, and it’s already capturing…
MIFF 2025: Lesbian Space Princess, Women in Horror, and Powerful Stories on Screen

MIFF 2025: Lesbian Space Princess, Women in Horror, and Powerful Stories on Screen

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is one of the biggest events on the city’s…
The Power of Young Adult Fiction: Why We Never Outgrow Coming-of-Age Stories

The Power of Young Adult Fiction: Why We Never Outgrow Coming-of-Age Stories

It’s time for me to confess, some twenty years late: I feel a little ripped…
Award-Winning Poet Jazz Money’s Debut Children’s Book

Award-Winning Poet Jazz Money’s Debut Children’s Book

Friendship Breakups Hurt More Than a Romantic One

Friendship Breakups Hurt More Than a Romantic One

Why You Should Be Proud to Be Seen Trying

Why You Should Be Proud to Be Seen Trying

How Running (and a Tough Mudder) Led Me to Write a Novel

How Running (and a Tough Mudder) Led Me to Write a Novel

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights Lands in Melbourne

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights Lands in Melbourne

Sad Girl Sea Shanty Meets Stadium Rock in Clara Kay’s New Single “Postcard Town”

Sad Girl Sea Shanty Meets Stadium Rock in Clara Kay’s New Single “Postcard Town”

‘No Story is Small’: Banu Mushtaq on Winning the Booker, Feminism, and the Power of Short Stories

‘No Story is Small’: Banu Mushtaq on Winning the Booker, Feminism, and the Power of Short Stories

Mi-Kaisha Is Building Something That Lasts

Mi-Kaisha Is Building Something That Lasts

Inside the Lush Decay of Mayra: Nicky Gonzalez on Memory, Friendship, and the Florida Gothic

Inside the Lush Decay of Mayra: Nicky Gonzalez on Memory, Friendship, and the Florida Gothic

Why Stinkbug Is the Novel Every Office Worker Needs

Why Stinkbug Is the Novel Every Office Worker Needs

Whale Watching Reminded Me Why I Write

Whale Watching Reminded Me Why I Write

Everybody Loves Dolly! A Joyous Celebration of our Idols and Ourselves

Everybody Loves Dolly! A Joyous Celebration of our Idols and Ourselves

Ione Skye on Fame, the ’80s, and Her Memoir

Ione Skye on Fame, the ’80s, and Her Memoir

A Little Bag for Me: A Heartfelt Look at Periods and Puberty

A Little Bag for Me: A Heartfelt Look at Periods and Puberty

Inside Lorren’s Dreamy Upstate Summer

Inside Lorren’s Dreamy Upstate Summer

Angry Girls, Phoenixes, and Zero Apologies

Angry Girls, Phoenixes, and Zero Apologies

The Importance of Understanding What the Manopshere Actually is

The Importance of Understanding What the Manopshere Actually is

A Day in the Life of an AI Expert (It’s More Human Than You’d Expect)

A Day in the Life of an AI Expert (It’s More Human Than You’d Expect)

Fuelling the Patriarchy One Influencer at a Time

Fuelling the Patriarchy One Influencer at a Time

Crocodile Meat Lunches and Life on Screen with Maria Angelico

Crocodile Meat Lunches and Life on Screen with Maria Angelico

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 3, Old Poor

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 3, Old Poor

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 2, Body Through Which The Film Flows

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 2, Body Through Which The Film Flows

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 1, Killing the Queen

WOMEN CONCEIVING FILMS: Part 1, Killing the Queen

REVIEW: A Different Kind of Power

REVIEW: A Different Kind of Power

ARTIST FEATURE: Little Eyes Alien

ARTIST FEATURE: Little Eyes Alien

Family Secrets and Post-War Japan: 2024 Penguin Prize Winner

Family Secrets and Post-War Japan: 2024 Penguin Prize Winner

On the Road Again: Oscar the Wild

On the Road Again: Oscar the Wild

Radical, queer, sexy, timeless: Hedwig and The Angry Inch at RISING, Melbourne

Radical, queer, sexy, timeless: Hedwig and The Angry Inch at RISING, Melbourne

Keio Yoshida Talks Trans Rights, Legal Wins, and Queer Joy Worldwide

Keio Yoshida Talks Trans Rights, Legal Wins, and Queer Joy Worldwide

Are You a Rushing Woman? It Could Be Taking Years Off Your Life

Are You a Rushing Woman? It Could Be Taking Years Off Your Life