The longlist for Australian’s biggest literary award, the Miles Franklin, was announced on 3 April, and it’s quite an interesting list as lists go. It comprises the following 11 titles: Tracy...
A couple of days ago, English writer, television presenter, and model Peaches Geldof was found dead in her home at the age of twenty-five. The cause of death is as yet unknown, but that hasn’t...
Call the Midwife is BACK! Viewers of PBS in the United States are just starting the third series of this show, which is growing on viewers in a major way. And while the programme revolves around the...
Last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlighted the circumstances of Western Australia resident Rosie Anne Fulton, who has been incarcerated without being convicted of a crime or...
A long time ago, we used to be friends...and I can’t wait to see you again. This Friday, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Veronica Mars movie comes out, and fans everywhere are already...
Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleeza Rice, and the Girl Scouts have joined together in a campaign to ‘ban bossy,’ and they’ve been joined by a growing number of other high-powered women and women’s...
The longlist for the second Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing was announced a couple of weeks ago, and it’s a rather interesting selection, featuring only 5 novels alongside a short...
The winner of the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature will be announced any day now. The Etisalat, a new prize for debut novelists from Africa, offers a modest cash award (£15,000) along with a...
With almost everything worth watching (with the exception of Brooklyn Nine Nine) on hiatus in the US right now, viewers are even more riveted to Downton Abbey than usual. As Julian Fellowes furthers...
Valentine’s Day is a day set aside for love that is observed in countless countries throughout the world. As early as the 18th century, lovers who courted would express their heartfelt sentiments...
