Life

The stigma around menstruation has been with us a loooooong time. In fact, it’s historically been such a taboo topic that we know very little about how women managed their periods in ancient times. Men held the pens back in those days and none, apparently, felt compelled to write much down about the life-giving bodily […]

We’re told from an early age that our partners are meant to be our everything. But what if all that overbearing love is making us unhappy? When you’re growing up, the meaning of ‘happily ever after’ seems so unambiguous. You find your person, you get together with that person, and then you spend the rest […]

Warnindhilyagwa woman and ARIA nominated singer-songwriter, Emily Wurramara talks motherhood, music and NAIDOC week. Interview : Nicole Lutze Describe yourself. I’m cracked, I’m bubbly, I’m a bit of sparkling wine mixed with red cordial, with a frangipani and hibiscus sitting in it. I love to sing, and it makes me happy. Describe your music. It’s […]

Kamsani Bin Salleh talks about combining the past, present and future through art. Describe yourself. I’m based in Perth but originally from a small country town. After school I studied architecture because I was interested in design but didn’t think I had a future in art. This seemed a practical way to satisfy my creative […]

A chat with first time book author Victoria Hannan about her stunning debut, Kokomo. What made you want to write a novel? Back in 2017, I was working in a job I hated. I wasn’t sleeping well and I was so stressed my hair was falling out. I knew I needed to change my life. […]

Q: What is your name? おなまえは？ A: Sakuya Higuchi 樋口 咲耶です。 Q: How old are you? おいくつですか？ A: 34 years old in September. 9月で34歳になります。 Q: Where are you from? 出身地はどこですか？ A: Ibaraki, Northeast of Tokyo. 茨城県です。 Q: Where do you live now? どちらにお住まいですか？ A: Tokyo 東京都です。 Q: When did you first start illustrating? いつからイラストレーターとして活動を始めましたか？ A: […]

Becoming a parent raises all sorts of questions about the way you might bring up your child and the family you want to be. I find that much of what I do and don’t want for my daughter is a reflection of my own experiences as a child. My experience growing up in Australia with […]

An important conversation with children’s book author Medeia Cohan.  Where did the idea for the book come from? I’m an imposter author. I’m not really a children’s author. But I wanted to buy a book about head coverings for my son and I couldn’t find one.  I lived in South London with my young son, […]

How did Starry Skies begin—what ignited the initial idea? Co-founder and director Sid is the creative mind behind our big sister event Shambala and was the catalyst behind Starry Skies. The concept came from the idea of needing another holiday to recover after going on a holiday with the kids, for party people who’ve turned […]

A chat with Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, about fatherhood, the importance of education and breaking the iron bars of patriarchy. Could you tell us a bit about your own childhood? How did your experiences shape your thinking about equality and education? I grew up in an area called Shangla, in […]

Interview with Tano Veron: Co-founder of art project Rock at Six Years, a collaboration with his six-year-old niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti What is this project about?  Rock at Six Years is a family art project by me and my niece, Nicolina Lorenza Vachetti. It’s a collection of contemporary abstract album covers redrawn from the perspective […]

Adorable pets, cartoon heroes and an intractable environmental scourge: this is the story of the world’s most lovable pest. Okay, we admit it: ‘rodent’ is a bit mean. While the rabbit was once a card-carrying member of the order Rodentia, it achieved such world-spanning success and biological diversity that, in 1912, it was re-categorised into […]