Your new book, Hume. Our Greatest Explorer, is a gripping read for history buffs and non-history buffs alike. Every child educated in Australia learns the name Hume but most of us don’t know much more than the fact that he and Hovell explored the interior of this country. What initially
Catering legend Simmone Logue will lavish the festival with creations from her new cookbook In the kitchen. Try her delights at the Friday night opening address with Stan Grant ($40), Saturday lunchtime book launch for Meredith Jaffé’s The Fence, Saturday dinner ($100) and film night ($40). Simmone’s Café will be
The St Albans Writers’ Festival is not just for writing connoisseurs; this year’s weekend gathering is a celebration of food. The festival features major events on growing food, Indigenous food history, and words of cooking wisdom from some of Australia’s most talented chefs. There’s also plenty of eating, tasting, drinking
John Newton. Thanks for agreeing to this interview. You are a journalist, freelance writer and novelist, and your abiding passion is food. In fact you were awarded the Best Food Journalist in the 2005 World Food Media Awards. From where does this passion for food come? The stock standard answer is
Your latest book, Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden, deals with especially sensitive, private information, the garden having emerged as an expression of Wendy’s grief. Yet the site itself is there for everyone to enjoy. It is already part of the Sydney’s folklore and on every tourist map. Did this
We caught up with Karly Lane to discuss rural fiction. Q. Karly you have written and published nine successful books over just a few years. How did you get started as a professional writer? It was a very long process. I enrolled in an online writing course when I was first married,