October 1, 2020
The lockdown diaries
Society
Melbourne in the time of pandemic
Helen Garner
By this author
December 2, 2019
Diaries (2018–19)
Culture
Collected thoughts on writers seeking permission to write, Eurydice Dixon, the Nobel for Murnane and dealing with errant chooks
September 1, 2018
Courtroom drama, Broadmeadows style
Society
The hopeful and the hapless flow through a magistrates’ court
July 1, 2018
A sorry procession
Society
A day in the life of the Geelong Magistrates’ Court
May 1, 2018
The court networkers
Society
Volunteers make visiting courtrooms less of a trial
June 1, 2017
Why she broke
Society
The woman, her children and the lake: Akon Guode’s tragic story
June 7, 2016
Going the bloody hard way
blog
Notes on Micheline Lee’s ‘The Healing Party’
July 1, 2015
The darkness in every one of us
Culture
The author of ‘This House of Grief’ and ‘Joe Cinque’s Consolation’ on writing about darkness
May 1, 2015
The insults of age
Society
A one-woman assault on condescension
October 1, 2014
Mother courage
Society
At home with Rosie Batty
April 1, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to Adelaide
Society
A car accident brings an unlikely collection of people together
November 1, 2012
Death in Brunswick
Social media
The rooftop bar was buzzing, late on a warm Friday afternoon. My friend and I found a spot under an umbrella and ordered up. Each of us was secretly longing to talk about the fact that the cops had charged a man with the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, …