POETRY + LITERATURE
A poet laureate for Australia
Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?
MORESKETCHES
Sketches is our journal. Here we trace the lines of place and creative living through thoughtful storytelling, insights and inspiration. It’s an invitation to slow down, take notice and find connection in the natural world.
ARTS + CULTURE
Hidden women of history: Isabel Letham, daring Australian surfing pioneer
Months before Australia’s so-called “baptism by fire” began at Anzac Cove, a more joyful baptism drew crowds to Sydney’s northern beaches. There, i...
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POETRY + LITERATURE
Ten books you need to read by First Nation’s writers
Everyone knows Tara June Winch’s The Yield and Bruce Pascoe’s Black Emu but we wanted to delve a little deeper to find some fabulous reads along th...
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STYLE + INSPIRATION
Our Top 7 for a Sunshine State of Mind
Is anyone else in a haze of summer blissfulness? A this time of year, we descend into calm, never quite sure of what day it is, letting the warm br...
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ARTS + CULTURE
10 NEW Australian Films to watch
Our top 10 NEW Australian films you may have missed through the haze of recent years – there’s been some brilliant work released by our talented Au...
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STYLE & INSPIRATION
Making Merry – The Festive Table Inspiration Guide
A Southern Hemisphere Christmas offers a bounty of fresh produce, endless golden days and the cicada’s familiar thrum. There’s plenty to enjoy abou...
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STYLE & INSPIRATION
The Southern Wild Co Guide To Thoughtful Gifting
We believe deeply in the environmental benefits of shopping local and secondhand and supporting small businesses at Christmas time and always. Gift...
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ARCHITECTURE
The first architects: Gunyah Goondie + Wurley
Here is the definitive guide to Australian Indigenous architecture, comprehensively updated to showcase the flourishing Indigenous design practices...
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ART & CULTURE
Wild Women: The Scott Sisters
Shining a light on the botanical work of sisters Helena and Harriet Scott, female colonial artists who became Sydney’s leading natural history illu...
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FOOD & DRINK
Make | Fiona Weir Walmsley's Chilled Avocado Soup Sip with Prawns
We’re in love with the down-to-earth writing, beautiful sense of humour and stories in From Scratch, the new book by Fiona Weir Walmsley from Buena...
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ART & CULTURE
A Rare Sensibility | Valerie Marshall Strong Olsen
A new exhibition at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery is a rare opportunity to discover the work of artist Valerie Strong (1933-2011), who was a pr...
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BOOK CLUB
A yarn with | Jessica Bellef
From city terraces filled with colour and the collected finds from a life of travel, to the beauty of old homes worn with the patina of age, Jessic...
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