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Pre-order the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
We have a special pre-order price on the essential American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
This new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, is the product of more than 10 years effort by hundreds of international experts in all as…
2013 Freud Conference
The Freud Conference is an annual Melbourne event which applies psychoanalytic thinking to the broader psychosocial context, combined with clinical material.
Where: Melbourne Brain Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, Royal Parade, Parkville
When: 10.30am - 6:00pm, Saturday 18th May, 2013
What: The theme this year will be Uprooted Minds: Psyche and Society in Times of Crisis
Keynote speakers for …
Age will not weary him
Krissy Kneen on age and desire in the work of James Salter.
I am very fond of listening to The New Yorker fiction podcast. The monthly audio recording features a writer reading another writer’s short story, and then discussing it with the magazine’s fiction editor. When I first discovered the podcast, I was treated to one such reading.
It seemed simple and straightforward: a terminally ill wo…
Anna Goldsworthy chats with Emily Maguire
Anna Goldsworthy talks to Emily Maguire about life as a first-time mother, the awes and anxieties of early love, and memoir without a capital M.
When pianist and writer Anna Goldsworthy canvassed the idea of writing a book about first-time motherhood, she found most of the people she spoke to ‘weren’t exactly keen … There’s an anxiety that writing about motherhood is going to be boasting a…
The Story of My Book: Song For A Scarlet Runner
Tasmanian author Julie Hunt builds a vivid world and treats us to a brave and believable female hero in her fantastic adventure story. Here she tells us where those ideas came from.
Song for a Scarlet Runner is my first novel. Folk tales were a source of inspiration and the main character is a storyteller. I once went to a storytelling workshop and heard how it is important to ‘close’ sto…
Round-Up of April New Releases
Do you know that feeling when one of your colleagues turns out to be a bit of a dark horse? I well remember getting a copy of Best Australian Stories one year and finding that our very own Readings Monthly editor at the time, Jo Case, had a story in it. I had no idea then that she even wrote fiction. Then strike me down when, about a year ago, I discovered that she was writing a memoir. Was behin…
Mark’s Say
As one of the guests at a special preview of the new Brunetti in Lygon Street remarked, Rome has come to Melbourne. The new Brunetti is an over-the-top delight of marble, terrazzo, wood, cakes and coffee. Designer Joseph Angeli’s idea was to create a long space simulating a village street with different zones featuring different kinds of food. Eventually the space will extend to Drummond Street. …
The Children’s Book Festival, Melbourne, 2013
Family Day at the Melbourne Children’s Book Festival does nothing less than restore Emily Gale’s faith in humanity. Or at least her faith in children’s book publishing. Here’s why.
At last year’s Children’s Book festival at the SLV I was one of the crowd, along with my partner and our two children. The kids did dragon-drawing workshops, raided the CBCA tent for old posters and bookmarks, …
You’re Invited to a Fairy and Elf Party
Angela Crocombe introduces a gorgeous children’s event.
Who? Kids aged 2-7. When? Saturday, April 13th, 11am – 11.45am. Where? Readings St Kilda, 112 Acland St, St Kilda.
Dress up and come along to meet the Queen of the Fairies, author Shirley Barber, at a very special fairy and elf party. Shirley will be reading from her stories, showing us drawings, and talking about the world of the f…
Roadtesting Broccoli Pesto
Chris Gordon shares a delicious antidote to an overly-decadent weekend.
It’s been a time of indulgence. I’ve eaten Easter buns, chips, bad chocolate and good chocolate and I’ve drunk wine & G&Ts and most importantly, have enjoyed a super fun holiday. But now it’s time to look after myself.
I pick up of the gorgeous cookbook, The Green Kitchen and flick through the pages looking for something th…
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