August 5, 2019
Exploring how research skills are used and appreciated in writing with Jesse Blackadder, Jock Serong and Jessica White.
News & Editorial
August 4, 2019
‘I’m a spearpoint,’ Uncle Jack Charles said. ‘I land in the hearts and minds of people who are a bit iffy on change.’
August 4, 2019
A silent, sombre hush fell over the Banksia Pavilion early this Sunday morning as we waited for our caller from Manus Island.
August 4, 2019
#MeToo: where to go in a society that still faces so many complicated, interconnected challenges.
August 4, 2019
Laughter, dancing and story making: Sunday was funday as the Kids Big Day Out program took over a whole marquee at Byron Writers Festival.
August 4, 2019
Jess Hill's book on domestic violence was supposed to take six to eight months to write; instead it took three, somewhat harrowing, years.
August 4, 2019
We think about archaeology as an earthbound science, with its focus firmly in the past. But 'Dr Space Junk' asks us to think how it can also tell us about space and the future.
August 4, 2019
Our world is quite adept at presenting the nearly 7.7 billion of us with instances of significant adversity but when disaster strikes, it happens on a day out of the blue.
August 3, 2019
Writing a personal memoir takes strength of mind and soul. To talk publicly and write about the self and the life history of one’s own family is a feat no one should dismiss as anything other than monumental.
August 3, 2019
Author Markus Zusak only wants to write books that 'mean everything' to him. And considering his international best-selling author status, his six novels must mean everything to his readers too.