Arts & Culture

First Nations writers are hot

March 23rd, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Competition was stiff when Kimmy Lovegrove took to the stage at the Comedy Republic on Bourke St on one Saturday night in March.

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A library with an artistic flair

March 23rd, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Following a series of pop-up libraries opening in and around the city, Little Collins Street’s Express Book Bar is cementing itself as a place to creatively escape from the hustle and grind.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: “The best of the best at their best”

March 23rd, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Melbourne International Comedy Festival is gearing up for a return to stages throughout the CBD, and three performers in particular are ready to shock and surprise audiences with their choice of content.

Pandemic time under review

February 24th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

An anthology of poems has just been released by Poetry Australia that provides a sophisticated and critical snapshot of a year of pandemic time as experienced by poets.

Policewoman takes out top literary prize

February 24th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

A former policewoman has won the country’s most lucrative literary prize, worth $100,000, for her debut book Black and Blue.

Uncertain about shopping?

February 24th, 2022 - CBD News

So much of everyday life in the past two years has been conducted at a distance that people have become anxious about shopping.

A stroll along Collins St, 1900

February 24th, 2022 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Collins St has long been considered Melbourne’s most fashionable street and these smartly dressed pedestrians reflect the street’s status as a popular place to shop at higher end stores like George’s Emporium, the city’s most elegant store, and at the many milliners, costumiers and glove-makers that lined the street. Collins St was the place to be seen.