Is Democracy Dead?
The political landscape of 2024 reads like a dystopia: totalitarianism, fascism and misinformation are all on the rise. Bruce Wolpe (Trump’s Australia), Dennis Altman and... Read More
Lost City of Melbourne: Screening and Q&A
The cityscape of Melbourne looked wildly different pre-1956, before Whelan the Wrecker’s demolition blitz began. Once the epicentre of culture, film and restaurants, Melbourne’s Victorian... Read More
When I Should Have Been Writing…
Robert Skinner (I’d Rather Not) and David Goodwin (Servo) have a thousand yarns to spin from driving across the desert with a tour group in... Read More
Can Storytelling Save Local Newspapers?
With an increasingly digitised and globalised media landscape, many communities have lost their local newspaper. Alice Pung (One Hundred Days), Margaret Simons (Tanya Plibersek), John Weldon (writer and associate... Read More
Early Seaside Towns, a History
Join Carmel McKenzie, this year’s recipient of the Victorian Premier’s History Prize for St Kilda 1841-1900 Movers and Shakers and Money-makers, in conversation with State... Read More
Lost Languages
Australia has the fastest rates of language extinction in the world. Leah Kaminsky (Doll’s Eye) and artist Dr Vicki Couzens discuss the decline of language... Read More