AustLit

'Whether working for screen or stage, Rosemary Myers, director of the globally acclaimed children’s company Windmill, says the agency of audiences is core. By Jane Howard.' (Introduction)   

'In the lively exhibition The Rest Is Up to You: Melbourne Fringe 1982-2062, a cacophony of voices across cabaret, circus, dance, comedy, theatre and beyond examine the festival’s 40-year history and speculate on the four decades to come. Co-curated by the festival and State Library Victoria, the hot pink walls, protest-style banners, punishingly loud audio and displays of ephemera – programs, photos, hand-copied promotional flyers – cohere into a surprisingly unified statement of intent.'(Introduction)   

'Driving his young daughters home from school, Limberlost’s protagonist, Ned, stumbles through an accidental telling of an anecdote from childhood. The details, for which his children press him, suddenly feel distant, strange. Ned is struck for a moment by some fundamental grief, and wonders “if the troubled boy of that summer would recognise the man he’d become”.'(Introduction)