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“Reader Development” Roundtable

This is the first in a series of three articles featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our own UNESCO City...

What’s on in theatres

Peter Kemp has listed theatre productions being presented in the Dandenong Ranges. The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys The play opens in Cutlers’...

A Q&A with Selby Community House manager Yvette Hayes

1. What is something people don't know about you? I always wanted to be a hippy, growing my own vegetables and living off the land....

CARTOON: Goodbye Uncle Jack Charles

This week the Star Mail's resident cartoonist pays tribute to Indigenous Australian icon Uncle Jack Charles.

Eleven years later, looking back on the saddest children’s books

Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children's Books”, recommending some of the books that help young readers understand...

FILM REVIEW: Spiderhead is half a good movie

Spiderhead Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett Rated MA15+ 3/5 A science fiction psychological thriller directed by Joseph Kosinski, Spiderhead epitomises the phrase “it gets better...

‘Dual’ a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire

Dual Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul Rated M 3/5 Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire. Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill woman, has herself cloned...

Prey a pretty peerless popcorn flick

Prey Starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers and Michelle Thrush Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 The fifth film in the Predator franchise, Prey joins The Northman as another outstanding historical action...

3000 years of longing equals 108 minutes of bliss

Three Thousand Years of Longing Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba Rated M 4.5/5 Directed by George Miller and based on a short story by A.S. Byatt, Three...

A Q&A with journalist and bookworm Parker McKenzie for Book Week

How many books have you read this year and how many more are on your list to complete by the end of 2022? I’ve read...

A Q&A with Lilydale author Scott Pearce for Book Week

What book had the biggest impact on your life and why? Watership Down: Richard Adams. This book opened up a secret world. Not a world...

A Q&A with Silvan-based author Eliza Henry-Jones for Book Week

1. What are you currently reading? This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham – it’s brilliant. 2. What book had the biggest impact on your life and...

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A wish come true

Tom, a local 14-year-old boy, has been granted his wish of becoming a Jedi. Having undergone a liver transplant, Tom’s wish for a ‘Star...