Remember teenage beach times? All that puffed-out-chest bravado, reef oil and awkward flirting. It’s very fertile and dramatic territory, why else do you think Home and Away has lasted so long? Jessica Au’s debut YA novel Cargo is nothing like Home and Away. It’s got some teenage protagonists and it’s set in a coastal town but that’s where the comparisons stop. If you’re keen to escape the cold, drink some wine and ask one of Melbourne’s rising literary talents about teenage beach time love triangles then come along for the launch.
-
read
Kenny Pittock, ‘Twenty Nine Drawings...What was a simple game to pass the time became an obsession amounting to 300 or so portraits, and counting.
-
read
The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist ...Dan Clowes makes comic books that are perfectly suited to pet obsession and bedroom consumption. He pores over his drawings with a perfectionism...
-
read
Making Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet...One thing I love about Los Angeles is the sheer fruitcake-iness of the place. Religious cults, diet gurus, pet psychologists, auras and fads....
-
read
Offscreen issue #1If you bask in the glow of a laptop/phone/other screen 16 hours a day, picking up Offscreen and stepping away from backlit surfaces is far easier...