• Hannah Kent on writing Burial Rites
• Alison Croggon on the end of Theatre Notes
• Brad Nguyen on Game of Thrones
• Jo Case on motherhood and Asperger's
• New fiction from SJ Finn
• KYD in conversation with Steven Carroll

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  Reviews • by Emily Laidlaw

  Can girls play too?: Anna Krien’s Night Games

  ‘All the fortune and fame, it’s more than a game’ – so goes the brash opening credits of Channel 9’s popular sports panel, The Footy Show. Whatever one’s level of enthusiasm towards AFL or NRL, they undeniably wield enormous power. Both multi-billion dollar organisations, the codes reap … Read more »

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  Column: From the Editors • by Christopher Fieldus

  Hello Mr.: An Incidental Review

  From the moment its Kickstarter campaign appeared on my Facebook news feed toward the end of last year, I’ve followed the development of Hello Mr. It was a project with immediate appeal for me: to quote the pitch, it promised ‘the start of a conversation that extends … Read more »

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  Events • by Kill Your Darlings • 2 comments

  Emerging Writers’ Festival – TV Night with KYD

  People who love TV consume programs vehemently and discuss fervently, yet there are few avenues for writers to critically engage with television as a central focus. From recappers to ‘shippers’, spoilers to distribution streams, this event will consider the different ways television is (and isn’t) being written … Read more »

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  Reviews • by Sonia Nair

  The Women’s Prize review: Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

  Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction is awarded annually and ‘celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world’. We delve into the fourth of the six shortlisted novels – Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go Bernadette. A kaleidoscopic snapshot … Read more »

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  Interviews • by Emily Laidlaw

  Follow the paper trail: Q&A with Sofija Stefanovic and Lorelei Vashti

  Sofija Stefanovic and Lorelei Vashti are the brains behind Melbourne’s write-as-you-walk-workshop, Paper Trail Tours. Spanning some of the city’s most popular hangouts and lesser-known nooks, the foot tour focuses on unlocking participants’ creative potential, all while in a relaxed, friendly group atmosphere. They even provide notebooks, with the hope … Read more »