Diana Bagnall recalls her first encounter with Mike Litzow, author of South from Alaska.
Sustainable CelebrationDr Rosemary Stanton, nutritionist and author of the Choice Guide to Food looks at how we can indulge sustainably over the festive season
RetroAdrian Franklin reflects on our love affair with all things retro.
Stories from ScienceScience makes for great stories, says Nobel Laureate and former Australian of the Year Peter. C. Doherty.
Transit of VenusNick Lomb looks forward to the 2012 transit of Venus.
In the Firing LineEd Cowan reflects on the capricious fortunes of a professional cricketer.
The Poetics of AnthologySome of Lisa Gorton’s poems, along with Charles Harpur’s ‘A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest’, grace the pages of Australian Poetry Since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray.
Launching the RevolutionLaurie Oakes reflects on the journalistic career of Alex Mitchell.
The Flight Attendant's ShoeDr Katrina Schlunke gives us a view from the aisle of the flight attendant's uniform in her launch speech for 'The Flight Attendant's Shoe'.
Getting PublishedGetting your book published is no walk in the park, but persistence pays off, reveals Grahame Bond.
Gone ViralCould an infectious disease really be more life threatening than a heart attack? Frank Bowden thinks so.
Walking MelbourneMaking the leap from author to tour guide. Sophie Cunningham reflects on running tours for the Melbourne Writers' Festival.