by Lynette Washington | Nov 4, 2019 | Books, Reviews
[CHILDREN’S/FAMILY BOOK] Written by Alys Jackson and Illustrated by Shane McGrath (Big Sky Publishing) 2019, pp32, RRP $14.99 In Alys Jackson’s debut children’s picture book, The Land Belongs To Me, there is trouble afoot on the farm. The beetle declares that, from...
by Lynette Washington | Oct 1, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
[PICTURE BOOK] Beverley McWilliams, Illustrated by Timothy Ide (MidnightSun Publishing) 2019, 32pp, RRP $29.99. Beverley McWilliams’ tale of South Australian aviator and icon, Harry Butler, is a charming story with themes that resonate today. Harry was a child...
by Lynette Washington | Sep 22, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC] Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena Theatre, Sat 21 Sep. Postmodern Jukebox began in Scott Bradlee’s basement – he had a vision for arranging popular contemporary songs to make them sound as though they were from the 1920s. It’s a brilliant idea, and the...
by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 9, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Book, Event, Reviews, Spoken Word
[EVENT/SPOKEN WORD ~ SA] Ekhidna Wines, McLaren Vale, Sun 3 Mar. To celebrate their tenth anniversary talented South Australian writer’s group Ja Pišem presented a selection of literary readings in the picturesque setting of Ekhidna Wines. Narrated by the warm and...
by Ruby Neimann | Mar 8, 2019 | Adelaide Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
[Contemporary Music ~ AUS] The Palais, Thu 7 Mar. Sarah Blasko’s one-night-only Palais performance had the audience enraptured. Listening to the people around me it seemed that everyone had a Blasko story – “I’ve seen her five/seven/eight times”. There was so much...
