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Inside the discotheque: Elouise Eftos returns with Aphrodite

Inside the discotheque: Elouise Eftos returns with Aphrodite

Elouise Eftos is a girl’s girl at heart. Over the phone, she’s warm and inviting,…
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

How I Turned Up the Light After My Husband Died

How I Turned Up the Light After My Husband Died

The Trouble with Perfect Communities

The Trouble with Perfect Communities

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

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

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

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

Sleuthing Through Story Time: Penny on Motherhood, Mystery and Finding the Funny

Sleuthing Through Story Time: Penny on Motherhood, Mystery and Finding the Funny

EXTRACT: Finders Keepers

EXTRACT: Finders Keepers

37 Tabs Open: Finding Freedom, Funny Bones, and Self-Acceptance with Attention Seeker

37 Tabs Open: Finding Freedom, Funny Bones, and Self-Acceptance with Attention Seeker

Parissa Tosif’s Debut LP is a Gift to the People of Iran and a Glimmer of Hope for Humanity

Parissa Tosif’s Debut LP is a Gift to the People of Iran and a Glimmer of Hope for Humanity

Hope Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Condition.

Hope Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Condition.

Witches, Monks, and the Stories We Never Hear: Sally O’Reilly on Hagtale

Witches, Monks, and the Stories We Never Hear: Sally O’Reilly on Hagtale

ARTIST FEATURE: Suzanne Phoenix

ARTIST FEATURE: Suzanne Phoenix

Laneway 2026: Where music meets the runway

Laneway 2026: Where music meets the runway

Dragons, Defiance, and Queer Fate: Bronte-Marie on Writing Epic Fantasy

Dragons, Defiance, and Queer Fate: Bronte-Marie on Writing Epic Fantasy

Read for the Joy of It

Read for the Joy of It

A Journey Through Emmalea Russo’s Dream School

A Journey Through Emmalea Russo’s Dream School

Important to You: Lottie McLeod on Boundaries

Important to You: Lottie McLeod on Boundaries

Making Friends with Fiction

Making Friends with Fiction

ARTIST FEATURE: Yulia Shchelkunova

ARTIST FEATURE: Yulia Shchelkunova

Simmering Secrets and Slow-Burn Tension: Nadia Davids’ Gothic Masterpiece

Simmering Secrets and Slow-Burn Tension: Nadia Davids’ Gothic Masterpiece

As a Poet, I Knew Grief. Fiction Taught Me About Time.

As a Poet, I Knew Grief. Fiction Taught Me About Time.

ARTIST FEATURE: Candidly Carly

ARTIST FEATURE: Candidly Carly

Finding Their Voice – Warnambool Find Your Voice Collective in Melbourne

Finding Their Voice – Warnambool Find Your Voice Collective in Melbourne

Kelsea Ballerini – The End of the Patterns Tour

Kelsea Ballerini – The End of the Patterns Tour

Jensen McRae on Making Art Amongst Apocalypse

Jensen McRae on Making Art Amongst Apocalypse

MEET EMILY: Our new Reco Babe Who Lives for Real Recommendations

MEET EMILY: Our new Reco Babe Who Lives for Real Recommendations

ARTIST FEATURE: René Romero Schuler

ARTIST FEATURE: René Romero Schuler

Tahlee Fereday on Playing ‘Bub’ in Black Light: First Nations Stories, Queer Identity, and Motherhood on Stage

Tahlee Fereday on Playing ‘Bub’ in Black Light: First Nations Stories, Queer Identity, and Motherhood on Stage

From court to club, AO Live serves up the hits

From court to club, AO Live serves up the hits