Ash Brom

Ash Brom has been writing, editing and publishing books, stories, journals and articles for over 25 years. He is an English as an Additional Language teacher, photographer, actor and rather subjective poet.

Ash Brom's Latest Articles

Two panels. On the left is a woman in black with blonde hair. On the right is cover of a book 'Foreign Country' which shows a flora illustration and a small upside car mid-air.
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Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić  

Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.

Ash Brom

Jun 3, 2025
A white shoe with some light feathery leaves embellishments.
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Exhibition review: Elizabeth Colbert, Objective Abstraction group exhibition, Tacit Gallery

Tacit’s final exhibition is brilliant yet bittersweet.

Ash Brom

Jun 2, 2025
A swirly globule-shape painting in shades of pink featuring a turtle. The artwork is part of the joint exhibition Masakatsu Sashie and Creature Creature: Auspicious Delicious, currently showing at Melbourne's Outré Gallery.
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Exhibition review: Masakatsu Sashie and Creature Creature, Outré Gallery

Two highly distinctive artists combine to create an exhibition to savour. 

Ash Brom

May 27, 2025
Four women standing with their hands on their hips. A scene from 'FEMME PLAY [ungrateful slut]', now showing at The Butterfly Club.
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Theatre review: FEMME PLAY [ungrateful slut], The Butterfly Club

Judy Doubas’ latest play illuminates women’s roles in contemporary society.

Ash Brom

May 26, 2025
A Chinese lion, transformed into some form of mermaid, is framed like an old-fashioned theatre stage. The pieces on either side, completing the three-panel work, are octopus tentacles. The artwork by Ruby Li is showing as part of the Asian Heritage Week Exhibition at Dark Horse Experiment.
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Exhibition review: Asian Heritage Week Exhibition, Dark Horse Experiment 

Inner-city Melbourne gallery offers a collection of excellent contemporary Asian-Australian art.

Ash Brom

May 20, 2025
A large sculpture of fish and chips in white paper wrapping.
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Exhibition review: The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne Town Hall

A celebration of Melbourne food past and present. 

Ash Brom

May 2, 2025
Two panels. On left is a man smiling. He's wearing a white t-shirt under a blue denim jacket. On the left is cover of a book 'Highways and Byways'. The same man is wearing a suit, standing in front of a hill and looking sideways into the distance.
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Book review: Highways and Byways, Jimmy Barnes

If you liked Barnes’ previous books, this won’t disappoint.  

Ash Brom

May 1, 2025
Two panels - on the left a Caucasian man in front of some foliage with short blond hair and a green crew neck sweater with his face turned to the right of the frame, on the right a book cover with an abstract red, orange and sky blue wash, plus a big blue splodge lake-like design ringing in thick black design in the centre. The title Saturation is across the bottom and the author name William Lane across the top.
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Book review: Saturation, William Lane

A derivative dystopian political thriller. 

Ash Brom

May 1, 2025
Five busts of humans heads with branch-offshoots growing out of them.
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Exhibition review: Rowena Hannan, Group Show: Passage, Liza Posar, SOL Gallery

Symbolism and universal themes are explored in SOL’s latest visual buffet.

Ash Brom

Apr 29, 2025
Monster figures in bright colours against a yellow background.
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Exhibition review: Aidan Filshie, Eddy Burger, Sophie Fitsioris and Olga Tsara, Artemisia Gallery and Event Space

Romantic landscapes, surrealist mutants and winter fashion all in one gallery.

Ash Brom

Apr 28, 2025
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