First Nations artists showcase in Cairns

Do you have a family story to tell or know some untold history that would make a good short story or a book? This workshop might be for you: Digging up the past with Jane Smith at the State Library of Queensland on 14 November. The Queensland Writers Centre is...

Ever seen a short film so profound, exquisitely made, relevant and moving that your eyes filled with happy tears? Three of the short films at Gympie’s Heart of Gold film festival 12-20 September, had this effect on me. ‘Like friend, like Deer,’ by Iranian director...

The Time After Now is Anne Freeman’s third novel and a particularly personal one as her main character, Olivia, is diagnosed with type one diabetes as a young woman, mirroring the author’s lived experience. Living with a chronic disease requiring constant vigilance is...

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joins satirist Clancy Overell, former Noosa Mayor Bob Abbot, beloved Brisbane author Kristina Olsson and a host of Queensland writers at the 2026 Eumundi Writers Festival in the first weekend of September. Festival Director,...

‘He was broken, forgotten, and angry. She recognised something of herself in him.’ You could be forgiven for expecting Elvis and Me: How a Musician and a Broken Racehorse Rescued Each Other to be a memoir about a horse. It’s much more. As someone who couldn’t...

Gympie’s 2026 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival kicked off with a launch last night that was low key, classy and full of heart. Invited guests, sponsors, volunteers and festival supporters enjoyed sunset drinks and canapes on the veranda and in the...

Imbil resident Vivien Eardley delayed becoming an artist after her Year Eight teacher told her she wasn’t good at drawing or painting. ‘It left an impression on me,’ said Ms Eardley. ‘I always had a creative crafty streak but nowhere to direct it. I made cards and...

Tall Trees Art Inc, known for presenting the large scale Tall Trees Art Exhibition, is going lower key in 2026 with a weekend of art, food and music at Traveston Hall in the last weekend of July. Tall Trees President, Wendy Birrell, says rather than holding the major...

‘Death is cleaner than divorce,’ is just one of the killer one-liners in Gympie-based Perseverance Street Theatre Company’s latest gripping and original production: Sisters. Whether or not you have a sister, this story of the volatile bond between sisters bound by...

Perseverance Street Theatre Company have announced their third professional production: Sisters: a dark, feminist fantasy exploring the volatile bond between two women in their middle years who are bound by blood, history and buried rage. Written by Sofia Abbey and...