Cirrus@Austlit

'Tributes are flowing for author and academic Gabrielle Carey, who has died, aged 64.'

'The makers of the hit TV show Bluey have removed a scene from a recent episode following criticism that it was fat shaming and didn't promote body positivity for children.' (Introduction)

'Celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo has been remembered in an hour-long segment of on-air tributes ahead of the return of MasterChef Australia.' 

'Some days were literally a train wreck. Most days though, driving a train in Tasmania seemed the best job in the world.'

'John Farnham: Finding the Voice is a story about Farnham's rise to the top of the charts.'

'Education authorities in a US county have rejected claims a book by renowned Australian children's author Mem Fox has been banned from classrooms, saying the work has instead been "approved for our school libraries".' (Introduction)

'A career ranging from being a  pastoralist to driving a tractor on a farm has helped author Michael Trant find his rural voice.' 

'Growing up, Ivan Sen was fascinated by cops. Living with his Gomeroi mum and siblings in a housing commission area of Tamworth known (affectionately, he says) as "Vegemite Village", his life was entwined with the justice system.'(Introduction)

'Alena Lodkina's dreamlike film, about a pivotal friendship between two young Melbourne women, has a poetic and sometimes surreal narrative style that conveys a vividly emotional take on the world; it reveals profound truths about the characters, even if the precise detail of their story remains slightly – and deliciously – cryptic.' (Introduction)

'Gudanji and Wakaja woman Debra Dank has won a record four out of 14 NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her memoir of family, community and Country, We Come With This Place — including the top gong, Book of the Year.' 

'Musician Paul Kelly argues that poetry "enhances and heightens life".' 

'In 2016, the Tasmanian government scrapped the three-pronged criteria used to determine Aboriginality. Where people had previously needed to provide documentary evidence of Aboriginal ancestry, the new rules only require self-identification and communal recognition.' (Introduction)

'Australian author Markus Zusak received multiple offers from Hollywood to turn his novel The Messenger into a film or TV series in the US.'