Latest articles by Rhonda Dredge
Foot traffic confusion at Degraves St
The precinct surrounding Flinders St has come under pressure.
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Tweet or deWitt: that is the question
Standing in a queue for a book signing is one of the hidden pleasures of the Melbourne Writers Festival, a place where you can hang out to pick up tips from great storytellers or just get close to fans.
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Little guys get their say
It’s not often that the little guys have a chance to hit back at government but Melbourne’s strike for climate change gave them a chance.
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Residents pine for quiet
Bible House is on the front line of excavations for the new Town Hall Metro station and its residents have learned to deal with the noise and vibrations.
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Contracts for bookseller
Getting a publishing contract is like winning a lottery for a writer. To get two at once is enough to make you feel like a millionaire.
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A blessing in disguise
Art students at the Box Hill Institute’s city campus are learning how to get viewers to connect both emotionally and intellectually with their work.
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Casual encounters with the past
Radical families are inspiring and the van Schaiks are a name when it comes to the CBD, in architecture and now art.
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Shy fashion model
Stevie is a shy whippet more at home snuggling into a couch than living in the limelight as a model.
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When the press performs well
Way above the CBD in a lovely little apartment hidden within a hotel on Highlander Lane, two thinkers work on articles for publication in the academic press.
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One of the mob
The buildings are grander and more institutional if you approach the CBD from the north. Even the houses on the northern fringe have arched verandas.
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Pro bono work brings rewards
Pro bono work has its pleasures. One definite plus is that you can be free and easy about allocating work, inviting rather than directing who should get involved.
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Calls for warmer street lighting
A new study has found that bright lights in the city can actually be disconcerting, making people feel unsafe as if the lighting is trying to cover up danger.
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On a housing mission
A social conscience is a difficult concept that many struggle with but few conquer. Robert Pradolin is an ideas person on housing and he’s letting his social conscience drive him.
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The tenderness of artistic types
The path of a writer is hellish. Many take the safer journey into genre.
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Lending a hand at lunch
When you’re on your lunch break in the city, you don’t expect to be confronting police and offering support to those in distress.
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In praise of reading
New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton filled the CBD’s Deakin Edge theatre with readers during Melbourne Writers Festival, using the delicate art of narrative to give them wings.
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