A tearful premier and ‘Moscow on the Torrens’: How to lose a writers’ week in six days

They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but the parting words of former Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) director Louise Adler delivered a serious cut. In her resignation, published by The Guardian on Tuesday, she referenced a 2023 speech from SA Premier Peter Malinauskas in which he lamented the thought of politicians stifling events […]
Book Box | Literary Rehab: How to balance Life with Lit

This is my week of non-reading. I’ve been forced into literary rehab. As someone who spends all their free time between the pages of a book, this is pure torture. The only times I haven’t read were when I was forbidden to —maybe there were exams, or maybe my mother decreed I was straining my […]