Category: Blog
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Flash fiction kicks off 2024
A short story about love, loss and the places our mind goes in times of stress.
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Don’t tell your boss, but these freebies could supercharge your workday
Highlighting the freeware tools that fuelled my productivity this year – from image manipulation to AI.
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Which free digital publishing platform is best for beginners?
Digital publishing platforms – FlipHTML5, Issuu, and Calameo – jostle for customers with surprising freemium plans.
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Need a proofreader?
My keen proofreader eye can find the errors missed due to hectic publishing schedules.
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The Understudy
A short story for adults who like the jazz age and theatrics.
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Costumes – a gift between two countries
While researching one weekend, I came across a small news item from 1898: I immediately launched a new browser tab to see what I could find out. The story behind the gift became fascinating to me. Emails to fashion educators I followed on Instagram ensued and provided a couple of leads but they ran cold…
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Sit down with Costumer, Gloria Bava
Gloria Brava has created some of the most memorable costume designs for director Baz Luhrman.
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Sit down with Director, Andrew Peat
I talked to Andrew Peat, Director of soon-to-be-seen film, Scotch – A Golden Dream. With a family connection to Scotland, it seemed inevitable to explore the subject. My grandfather emigrated from Scotland to the United States. I spent a year as an Exchange Fellow at the University of St. Andrews (where Prince William met Kate…
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Natalie Kalmus : Prolific
Natalie Kalmus was a pioneering colourist in the early days of Hollywood, following the introduction of Technicolour. She was in some respects a celebrity of the time, given that she was the only colourist in film working with the new technology; all the big name US newspapers wanted to speak with her. Mrs Kalmus is…
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Australians making waves on Netflix
Australian actors Katherine Langford, Ben Lawson and Damon Herriman are across all of our screens and devices.
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