There’s nothing quite like the glitz and glamour of an awards ceremony, and the ABIA awards had all the vital ingredients you might expect from the Oscars or the Grammys. The red carpet was rolled out at the Grand Ballroom…
There is a certain charm etched within a bookstore. There’s no doubt it’s the perfect escape on a cold winter’s day, or from the busy Sydney crowds outside. As Neil Gaiman once put it ‘A town isn’t a town without…
When Roxane Gay walks onto the stage at City Recital Hall, the audience greets her with a thunderous round of applause. It’s rare for writers to receive the rockstar treatment — particularly prior to performance — but Gay, author of…
Colson Whitehead appeared at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival to discuss his latest book, The Underground Railroad. The brilliant novel saw Whitehead take out the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. It tackles the dark issue of slavery, following the journey of an…
‘Welcome, welcome!’ We were greeted by a ridiculously pink eccentric character that popped out from the mayor’s house as my partner and I walked off the red carpet. Effie Trinket continued doling out her usual lovely Capitol banter on us before…