Book review of a historical crime novel that has similarities to the murder of prostitutes in Victorian England by the infamous Jack the Ripper, but is also a social history of women in colonial Melbourne.
Political controversy continues about building Tasmania's third stadium at Hobart's Macquarie Point, a monument to the AFL that the majority of Tasmanians have consistently said they don't want and which they know is unaffordable at a time when public services are at crisis point. Yes to a team, No to a new stadium.
North-west Tasmania's branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers' latest anthology collection is called 'Strange and Marvellous Things' and it showcases the talent of some lesser-known Tasmanian writers. The cover is the best yet, in my opinion. And some of my (mostly political) poems are included.