Author Hannah Bambra

                        In light of the Emerging Writers Festival, Hannah Bambra caught up with Benjamin Law to...

Melbourne has a plethora of different film, art and cultural festivals that celebrate the breadth of creative talent in our city. Although they all add to our artistic puzzle, the Emerging Writers'...

Melbourne is littered with both large and hole-in-the-wall coffee shops; a cup of caffeine available at every corner. However, the question that plagues city wanderers is how to filter out the bad from...

A consistent theme at the Australian Festival of Travel Writing was, surprisingly, about how rapidly the world has changed and how this has affected the way we travel through it. I think that many Australians...

Canadian artist Meera Seethi has launched her first major solo exhibition at Melbourne's Sofitel as part of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's Cultural Program. Seethi was born in India, grew up in...

Descriptions like 'smooth caramel texture' and 'zesty aftertaste' are the kind of uber-specific things baristas say or that you see written on single-origin coffee boards. Such recounts of subtle flavours...

Melbourne designer Daniella Germain  has a distinctively charming illustrative style that she has applied to books, stamps and artistic projects she has worked on. It was only natural that her latest...

Alongside the insurgence of people trawling the Internet for mindless, idiotic memes is an increase in individuals craving serious content and advice. Melbourne's answer has been a series of long and short...

  Gertrude Street's Mr Lincoln Florist may have closed its doors recently but owner Sarah Nolan has by no means dropped off the scene. Along with old friend Poppy Lane, the better half of Pop And...

Lately the pop-up store phenomenon has been moving from the world of fashion into food. Taking notes from designer flash sales and exclusive temporary stores and market stalls, Market Lane have set up a...

Some of France's finest musicians and cultural tid-bits graced the gardens of Werribee Mansion for the 2013 instalment of So Frenchy So Chic. Many of the artists were flown from negative temperatures...

Denise Roberts is an iconic Australian actress. Best known for her roles in Home and Away, Headland, Packed to the Rafters and numerous others, Denise has graced our television screens for...

The Brunswick Mess Hall opened last Wednesday night (16th of Jan) with a bang. Brunswick's first beer hall is a welcome new addition to Sydney Road's night life. The huge space has a communal feel and aims...

Storm in a Teacup is celebrating its first anniversary with Smith st after snuggling into the street-scape a year ago. "I wanted to start a business good for people, both health-wise and spiritually,"...

An exciting new French patisserie shop has just been piped into Sydney Road's busy network of multicultural specialist stores. By Josephine offers family-recipe macarons and other tasty morsels encased in...

The mere mention of summer festivals can make some of the strongest of us squirm. Hideous memories arise. Visions of entering a portable toilet on the last leg of its four day sun-soaked marathon, of not...

Chitra, head designer from Chitra's Closet with her bike and puppy (Image courtesy of Business Chic) Riding your bike to work or uni is not only cost effective, good for your legs and environmentally...

You have done all your last minute shopping and now the time has come for Craftmas! This weekend is all about wrapping presents and writing well wishes. Add that little extra special 'personal' touch to your...

What do some of Melbourne's leading restaurants have in common with our favourite DC comic characters? No, they're not fighting off crime with their spatulas or turning potato sacks into capes. Across the...

The sensuality of the modern Australian woman is undoubtedly anchored by her strength. We can open our own jam jars and look good while we do it. Even if we haven't built up the minimal muscle to do so yet, we...

Lucy Feagins, the design guru and brain behind The Design Files, took Couturing on a walk through their beautifully fitted out Windsor home. The Design Files filled the space with colourful goods, furniture...

The people at the Windsor Workshop have gutted an old Patersons Cake shop and put everything back together using craft glue, glitter, fabric and creativity. A bunch of photographers, artists, designers and the...

Melbourne's newest installation to the Mexican food craze is Los Hermanos, an authentic Mexican taqueria with an injection of Brunswick edge. Los Hermanos opened last Monday, after what some have called...

The warm weather is kicking in and so to are the endless barbecues and picnics of summertime. More often than not meat, salads, beer, wine, bread, cheese, fruit and other delicious nibbles make their way into...

This week I met with Pierrick Boyer, head pastry chef for The RACV club and their boutique cake shop, Le Petit Gateau. I discovered that Pierrick is not just your typical French cake enthusiast, he has worked...

Benjamin Law's first book, The Family Law, went into detail about his large eccentric family. This debut novel was shortlisted soon after its release in 2010 for Book of the Year at the Australian Book...

At only 22, Davis already owns three restaurants across Melbourne. If this isn’t novelty enough, they all specialize in diverse cuisines and couple with different music genres. His string of...

Fans of Melbourne's fashion along with alcohol entrepreneurs flocked to South Melbourne Market's SO:ME design space to celebrate some of the industries' newest endeavors.   The designers behind the...

Sceptics of design festivals feel that events like Semi-Permanent have become void now that the work of artists and designers is so accessible online.   But nothing beats the chance to sit in a room...

The annual design extravaganza that is Semi-Permanent will celebrate its tenth birthday as it hits Melbourne this weekend.     This year’s festival has ordered a buffet of creative...

Disposable fashion, online shopping, and meeting the maker   Eloise Bishop, an ambassador for ethical brands and practices, welcomed a crowd of Melbourne's environmentally conscious at a...

If you didn’t get a chance to catch any events at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Couturing’s Hannah Bambra offers you an exclusive insight into three inspirational and provocative experiences, with three...

Who’s who in the fabulous world of words   The Melbourne Writer's Festival will be building a bridge between avid readers and the world's successful, literary minds this week.   For...