Victoria
Detained refugee wins Australia's richest literary prize
Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian refugee, has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for his first book, No Friend But…
$2 million gift for children’s space at State Library Victoria
The donation through Gandel Philanthropy is earmarked for youth literacy programs and a new space dedicated to books and programming…
Review: Gender Euphoria, Midsumma Festival
Goodbye gender dysphoria, hello Gender Euphoria! A highlight of the Midsumma Festival.
Bored to distraction: musicians aim to drive you out of your mind
A new artistic collaboration will musically examine how a lack of stimulus can wreak havoc with the mind.
Review: Wednesdays with Bob by Derek Rielly
From his balcony overlooking Sydney Harbour, Hawke sits down with Rielly to talk love, politics, friends, foes, and death.
Review: The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
The potential in The Librarian of Auschwitz turns from a potential page-turner into a page-counter.
Review: The Wind in the Willows, Australian Shakespeare Company
A flawless performance by Ryan Hawke as Mr Toad is one of the highlights of this exuberant and playful production…
Review: PIGEONHOLED, Going Down Swinging Press
PIGEONHOLED is an act of defiance as much as it is a swing at the glass ceiling of genre writing.
Review: The Madness of George III, National Theatre Live
Mark Gatiss deserves all the praise for his role as King George III.
Review: Danger Music by Eddie Ayres, Allen and Unwin
Ayres teaches us the transcendental power of music, Afghanistan’s fighting spirit and the peaks and valleys of the Middle East.