Features
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...
Get Your Flix Fix
March is your last chance to catch some cinematic gems programmed by the Darwin Film Society on the big screen at Darwin Entertainment Centre. High Ground Set against the stunning...
Flix in the Wet
Our friends at Deckchair Cinema have packed away the deckchairs, strung up the lights and battened down the hatches in preparation for their closure over the Wet season. But if...
Leni Shilton
ALICE SPRINGS-BASED author Leni Shilton took out the Best Fiction Book for Walking with Camels – The Story of Bertha Strehlow at this year’s Chief Minister’s Book Awards. We caught...
Final Flicks
A wise person once said, “all good things must come to an end”. With the arrival of November comes your last chance to catch some fab flicks on the big...
2020 Vision
IN A WORLD where technology is changing every day, having the latest state-of-the-art tech is no easy task, especially for a little self-funded, not-for-profit cinema. But Deckchair Cinema has been...
A Song Only I Can Hear
LOCAL WRITER BARRY JONSBERG recently took out the Best Children’s/YA book for A Song Only I Can Hear in the 2020 Chief Minister’s Book Awards. His tale about first love...
When the Tides Turn - NT Writers Festival
By Anna Dowd Exploring ideas of change and adaptation through rich conversations and story, the 2020 NT Writers Festival (NTWF) promises four days of timely reflection and fun next month...
DIFF Done Different
Since 2010, Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) has given film lovers and makers the chance to connect on common ground over several flick-filled days each September. Throw a global pandemic...
