Island Storytellers grapple with climate change
Cli-Fi or ‘climate fiction’ could sound a little misleading. It could in fact be...
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Category: Books
All Hands on Deck for the first Island Storytellers, Writers, and Readers Festival
The inaugural Island Storytellers Writers & Readers Festival was held over the October long...
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Book Review: Paradiso by Steve Capelin
History is never written by children, and family history is rarely of interest to those outside...
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Uncovering a rich history: the Lebanese Presence in South Brisbane, Woolloongabba and West End
For almost 140 years, Lebanese immigrants and their descendants have lived in the South Brisbane,...
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To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane
In her new book, police historian Dr Anastasia Dukova explores the development of Brisbane law...
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Paradiso by Steve Capelin: A story of Italian emigrants and a 19th Century scam
Local writer Steve Capelin has spent the better part of ten years researching the story behind his...
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Kate Ellis talks Sex, Lies, and Question Time
When Kate Ellis finished her book, Sex, Lies, and Question Time, at the end of 2020, she couldn’t...
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Children’s book “Earth Matters” released in time for Earth Day
Award-winning Australian children’s book author and long time climate activist, Carole...
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Selected reflections on when a ‘Chair-Monopolizer’ comes along
At any point in time I have this little stack of books I want to read. Usually there is a certain...
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50 Years of Activism in Brisbane – with Anne Richards
Being kicked out of home was only the start of a long and continuing journey as a self described...
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Hidden Icons: Betty Beath and David Cox
The curved driveway leading to the front door is aesthetic and artistic, it takes me a while to...
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Book Review: ‘The Brisbane Line’ evokes a rich and powerful sense of time and place
We often hear various commentators tell us that Brisbane came onto the world stage with the 1982...
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