Smiths Alternative Canberra
4pm to 6pm Saturday 20 August 2022
Ben Drysdale sings heartfelt lyrics with musical influences from indie folk, soul, blues, funk and reggae. His work appeals to a variety of audiences from quiet listeners to energetic dancers.
Continue Reading“Ben Drysdale with Niall Howe”
Artist Lorena Carrington and writer Sophie Masson have founded a tiny publishing company called Pardalote Press, with the aim of producing tiny but beautiful things.
Hachette, Australia, 2022
Cover design by Christabella Designs
Cover images courtesy of Shutterstock
When we read a Sophie Green novel, we know that the ‘good people’ will come off okay and that the less attractive ones have a good chance of getting their comeuppance. Knowing this in no way interferes with our enjoyment of the stories. There are times when, contrary to real life, we have need of this assurance.
The Theatre, Belconnen Arts Centre
18 -27 August 2022 at 7pm
Dylan Van Den Berg, Palawa playwright who lives in Canberra makes his directorial debut with his new play Ngadjung (Ngunnawal for water), a dystopian environmental drama featuring a First Nations cast, Lisa Maza and Kylah Day. Ngadjung, an important First Nations work written and set on Ngunnawal country, was commissioned by Belco Arts in 2019.
Big Sky Publishing, Australia, 2022
Catherine McCullagh’s latest World War 2 historical fiction takes us to the wilds of the Cornish coast.
Storytorch Press, Australia, 2022
This is a beautifully gentle, poetically written picture book about the wonder of small things.
Self-published, Australia, 2022
Cover design, artwork and internal design by Franziska Stern
This is an assured debut from adult fantasy writer Lauren Searson-Patrick. It delivers all that is expected of the genre – a quest story, rich in characters and with meticulous world building.
Humble House Gallery
93 Wollongong Street, Fyshwick, ACT
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
Until 6 September 2022
Petros Papoulis shows mastery of technique and a capacity to evoke stillness in the meticulous, meditative works in this exhibition. They are drawings, mixed media works and paintings, inspired by the artist’s visits to regional and more distant water bodies.
Barbie spoke to Petros Papoulis about Near Water
Continue Reading“Petros Papoulis – Near Water”
Artistic Director Jeanne Ryckmans
Festival Director Paul Donohoe
Various Venues
10 to 14 August 2022
The festival presents 160 local, national, and international writers, journalists, commentators, and leading thinkers in 70 events at venues including the Museum of Australian Democracy, National Museum of Australia, National Press Club, and Kambri Cultural Centre at the Australian National University.
Flazeda Hub, Unit 4/68 Emu Bank, Belconnen
21 August 2022
Flazeda won the Canberra Local Business Awards for Outstanding Performing Arts in 2020. They are a Social Enterprise dedicated to supporting alternate performing artists and their artforms.
Continue Reading“Flazeda Open Day”
Palace Electric Canberra and nationally
14 September – 12 October 2022
The Festival presents contemporary drama, comedy, documentaries, family films and a retrospective honouring one of Italy’s most significant filmmakers, Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Continue Reading“The St ALi Italian Film Festival”
Molonglo Plains group
Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS)
The Q Theatre, Queanbeyan
2pm Thursday 18 August 2022
Robert Ketton will explore what makes a speech memorable and how leaders can use great speeches to galvanise actions and emotions, sometimes to change the course of history.
Continue Reading“Robert Ketton lecture: Where have all the great speeches gone?”
Albert Hall – 100 Commonwealth Ave, Yarralumla ACT
7.30pm, Wednesday 17 August 2022
The Orchestra is led by Director Rachael Beesley, and features Neal Peres Da Costa on Fortepiano and emerging musicians from Young Mannheim Symphonists.
Continue Reading“The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra – Mozart: Tempestuous Skies”
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Thursday 18 August, 2022
6.30pm doors for 7pm show
With founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works from the birthplace of tango, Buenos Aires, and the father of Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla.
Continue Reading“Phoenix Collective Recital Series – A Night in Buenos Aires”
Hachette, Australia, 2022
Cover design by Debra Bilson
Cover photographs Stocksy, Franckreporter/Getty Images and Shutterstock
It’s an online true crime chat group that creates the jokey moniker for the case at the heart of this book, and that is its title.
Wednesday Addams Killed Evie (WAKE) is an acronym, callous and with no regard for truth, which insists upon the guilt of Mina, the sister of a missing girl Evelyn McCreery (Evie).
