Last night I saw the Malthouse’s production of Threepenny Opera, and I’ve been singing ‘Mack the Knife’ ever since. And that led me to this. Anyway, consider this an open music thread, particularly for music in film or theatre.

It’s wonderful to see the diversity of good folk involved in the profession of writing, editing, publishing and scriptwriting. I am impressed by the dedication and passion of individuals who publish, teach, speak, blog, run workshops, assess, praise and damn – and their enthusiasm for writing and writers, both established and emerging. What strikes me […]

The piece below came via email. It was intended for the journal’s correspondence section but, given the online discussion sparked by the Crawford essay, it seems more appropriate to reproduce it (with the permission of its author) here. What is going on? Is this Overland – a substantial contributor to Australia’s otherwise anodyne literary culture, […]

One of the reasons you should be subscribing during Subscriberthon is Anwyn Crawford’s article on Nick Cave in issue 197. As she points out, throughout 2009 Nick Cave was everywhere. Cave now occupies a curious position in Australian culture. Rather than the Black Crow King of his own imagination, he’s more the Monarch of Middlebrow. […]