Features
2022 Chief Minister's NT Book Awards
The Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards shine a light on the talent, originality, and flair of writers in the NT. Started by the NT Writers’ Centre in 2009, and originally...
Five Star
David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil’s star shone brightly. For 50 years, he graced the silver screen in various films and roles, trailblazing the way for Aboriginal actors in Australia, creating a lasting...
Balarr Catching the Light
Architects and aficionados of the written word rejoice, as the 2022 NT Writers Festival (NTWF) returns, this year’s big celebration of words held in Garrmalang/Darwin. By Tierney Seccull The 2022...
The Stage is Set
As far as iconic Top End institutions go, they don’t get much more recognisable than the Deckchair Cinema. Surprisingly, the Dry season destination has been a hive of activity during...
Ivan Sen’s Loveland
Kicking off the 2022 Deckchair Cinema season is Ivan Sen’s latest film, Loveland. Set in futuristic Hong Kong, it follows an assassin who falls for a nightclub singer. But as...
Lights Down at the Deckie
THE AIR’S GETTING thicker and we’re all feeling a little sticky, which means it’s almost time for Deckchair Cinema to pack away the deckchairs and take down the festoon lights...
The Wild, Wild, North
IN THE HOT and sweaty northern wilds of the Territory, a new beast has emerged. It’s a mix of quirky creatures and characters – including forgotten space robots, bushrangers and...
Walking through Country
TAKE THE FAMILY on an enchanting journey through the ancient ecosystems of Kakadu in a stunning new picture book by Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler and Emma Long, Walking in Gagudju...
Fist Full of Films
THERE'S NO DOUBT about it, there’s some serious talent kicking around the Territory when it comes to filmmaking. In 1999, the Fist Full of Films Festival was established to celebrate...
Karen Manton
Karen Manton's short stories have won five NT Literary Awards and have been published in various anthologies, including Best Australian Short Stories. Her debut novel, The Curlew’s Eye, is an...
Dina Davis
DARWIN AUTHOR DINA DAVIS has published stories, articles and poems in journals and anthologies. Her debut novel, Capriccio, was shortlisted in the Fiction category for last year’s Chief Minister’s NT...
Dani Powell
Dani Powell is a writer and performance-maker based in Alice Springs. Since 2015, she has been the Artistic Director of the Alice Springs iteration of the NT Writers Festival. NT...
I am the glass
Penny Drysdale is a Darwin-based poet, lawyer and policy adviser working to reduce domestic violence. She has led social justice and cultural projects in Central Australia, including editing Arelhekenhe Angkentye...
Flickerfest
The cream of the country’s short film crop is splashed across the Deckchair Cinema screen early this month, as Flickerfest returns to the Top End with a special 30th anniversary...
Beyond Alice by Tanya Heaslip
Riased on an isolated cattle station north of Alice Springs in the 60s and 70s, Tanya Heaslip spent many hours dreaming of the overseas lands depicted in her childhood storybooks...
Delivered Differently
For more than a decade, Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) has delighted film fans and filmmakers for 10 flick-filled days each September. And although the global pandemic buckled plans for...
NT Writers' Centre presents Tisha Tejaya
IT GOES WITHOUT saying Top Enders love the delicious produce at Darwin markets. But how well do you know the weird and wonderful goods on sale? Can you tell your...
NT Literary Awards
TERRITORY WRITERS, POETS, PLAYWRIGHTS – lend us your ears... Entries for the 2021 NT Literary Awards are now open! This annual competition celebrating the local written word covers a range...
Back on Deckie
DARWIN’S BELOVED OUTDOOR cinema is throwing open the doors this month, set to light up with cinematic gems until November. We caught up with Deckchair Cinema’s General Manager James Parker...
Eleanor Hogan
ELEANOR HOGAN IS a literary non-fiction writer who draws on her experience of living and working in Central Australia. Her latest book, Into the Loneliness: The Unholy Alliance of Ernestine...