Literature meant nothing to the future actor when he was growing up in Sydney. But a long plane flight unlocked his inner storyteller.
Bruce Beresford’s career almost ended before it began because no-one would hire him after he made The Adventures of Barry McKenzie in 1972. Luckily,it didn’t.
There are personal elements to Bruce Beresford’s new film about a set designer who returns home to Australia to deal with his ageing parents.
“It was like he was just another man,not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.
Life never stands still if you are a Murdoch.
Michael Leunig,one of Australia’s most loved cartoonists for more than half a century,is farewelled at Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral.
A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”,where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Despite great reviews for his debut short story collection,Sweet Jimmy,the legendary Australian actor struggles with the label “author”.
On screen,Bryan Brown has long been the archetypal Aussie bloke. Off screen,it’s women who’ve shaped him.