Here’s something I never expected to find myself doing late on a Tuesday night – standing in a vacant, candlelit block high up on a hill in Brisbane’s West [...]
“I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruizafón, The Shadow of the Wind [...]
Today marks 67 years since the first publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, now known more commonly as The Diary of Anne Frank. Given to Anne on her 13th birthday, her [...]
Once upon a time there was a play at Queensland Theatre Company called The Magic Hour about the darker side of fairy tales. I know that what comes next should be a story with [...]
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I was convinced my toys came to life every time I left the room. I was so certain of it that I used to do things like [...]
As festive periods go, Easter doesn’t have much to offer me. I’m not religious, I don’t eat eggs, I don’t like chocolate, and I have no interest in [...]
Not being particularly food focussed myself, I’ve rarely considered the culinary habits of literary figures. Thank god not everyone is as disinterested in food as me [...]