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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IF YOU’RE PASSIONATE about keeping our Top End coasts healthy, this free short film festival is a must do, must see, must hear. Held in the iconic seaside location of...
Featuring acclaimed actor Balang T. E Lewis in his final performance, The Skin of Others tells the extraordinary story of Aboriginal WWI soldier, Douglas Grant. By Anna Dowd Grant was...
DION BEASEY’S ICONIC art combined with Johanna Bell’s writing talent was a recipe for delight back in 2013 when Too Many Cheeky Dogs was published, quickly becoming one of NT’s...
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IT'S TIME TO GRAB the popcorn and pull up a deck chair – Flickerfest is back! Australia’s largest short film festival is making a pitstop at Deckchair Cinema this month...