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    Love that poetry spark!

    Immerse yourself in an afternoon of glorious poetry at the Liquid Amber Poetry Festival in Footscray. Join established and emerging poets for a memorable experience.

    Recommended reading from local bookshops – September 2024

    Reviews of the books Batthew Aromascent and the Missing Corpse Flower, and Creeper, Long Island Compromise and The Haters.

    Is my phone reading my mind? 

    Get insights into AI ethics through an engaging book review. Dr Matt Agnew's book explores the complex world of artificial intelligence in an easy-to-understand manner.

    Women and nature: a synergy to be reckoned with in the west and beyond

    Among the influencial females of the West, Alyssa Huynh’s tells of her journey to combat racial prejudice in her debut book Safe Space.

    Recommended reading from local bookshops – August

    Reviews of the books James, Detective Beans & the Case of the Missing Hat, Here One Moment and A Language of Limbs.

    Stories from Sunshine’s Vietnamese community journey back to where they all began

    Moving to Sunshine West from Vietnam in 2022 to study photography, Phuong Nguyen has captured the experiences of Vietnamese locals in his book Sunshine.

    Tom Cho’s ‘Look Who’s Morphing’

    This refreshing collection, published in 2009 by Giramondo Publishing, is a compilation of punchy, quick-witted short stories.

    Recommended reading from local bookshops – July 2024

    Reviews of the books Peripathetic, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, The Ministry of Time, and Moon Road

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