Perth Festival 2022 Set to Shine

      The streets of Perth are abuzz; there’s artistic energy in the air! The…

Festival Film: After Love

      Joanna Scanlan gives a superb performance in this intriguing film about an English…

Recipe: Matt Preston’s Thai Green Curry with Eggplant & Green Beans

    Matt Preston draws on culinary styles from around the globe to create his delicious…

Festival Film: Compartment No 6.

      Based on a novel by Rosa Liksom, this film, set in the late 1990s…

Writers Weekend: Gillian O’Shaughnessy

      The Perth Festival’s Writers Weekend is almost upon us. Its curator, Gillian O’Shaughnessy, a…

Pook’s Pearl of a Book Hits the Shelves

      A fine new historical novel, set in Broome, has just the shelves, and…

Festival Film: Murina

      A sun-drenched island off the idyllic Adriatic coast is the setting for Murina,…

Recipe: Reynold’s Burnt Honey Basque Cheesecake

      Here at The Starfish we just love a decadent dessert, so  we’ve  returned…

Of Horses and War: New Portland Jones Novel

      World War Two didn’t just wipe out tens of thousands of young  Australian…

Caroline Brazier on Playing a Doomed Scottish Queen

      Caroline Brazier, one of Australia’s finest actresses, is soon to tread the boards…