Author: Hannah Bambra
BENJAMIN LAW
In light of the Emerging Writers Festival, Hannah Bambra caught…
EMERGING WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2013
Melbourne has a plethora of different film, art and cultural festivals that celebrate the breadth of…
DUKES COFFEE ROASTERS AT ROSS HOUSE
Melbourne is littered with both large and hole-in-the-wall coffee shops; a cup of caffeine available at every…
TIME-TRAVEL WRITING
A consistent theme at the Australian Festival of Travel Writing was, surprisingly, about how rapidly the…
MEERA SEETHI IS ‘FOREIGN RETURNED’
Canadian artist Meera Seethi has launched her first major solo exhibition at Melbourne’s Sofitel as part…
THE URBAN COFFEE FARM & BREW BAR
Descriptions like ‘smooth caramel texture’ and ‘zesty aftertaste’ are the kind of uber-specific things baristas say…
AN ILLUSTRATED WEDDING
Melbourne designer Daniella Germain has a distinctively charming illustrative style that she has applied to books,…
LIFE AND LEARNING IN THE CITY
Alongside the insurgence of people trawling the Internet for mindless, idiotic memes is an increase in…
A NOSEGAY OL’ TIME AT SPRING STREET’S POP-UP POSY SHOP
Gertrude Street’s Mr Lincoln Florist may have closed its doors recently but owner Sarah Nolan…
SHOPHOUSE RAMEN POP-UP RESTAURANT
Lately the pop-up store phenomenon has been moving from the world of fashion into food. Taking…
MELBOURNE’S SO FRENCHY SO CHIC
Some of France’s finest musicians and cultural tid-bits graced the gardens of Werribee Mansion for the…
SCREENWISE’S DENISE ROBERTS
Denise Roberts is an iconic Australian actress. Best known for her roles in Home and Away, Headland, Packed…
THE BRUNSWICK MESS HALL
The Brunswick Mess Hall opened last Wednesday night (16th of Jan) with a bang. Brunswick’s first…
HANNAH DUPREE AND HER ARTISAN TEA
Storm in a Teacup is celebrating its first anniversary with Smith st after snuggling into the…
BY JOSEPHINE’S JOSEPHINE
An exciting new French patisserie shop has just been piped into Sydney Road’s busy network of…
SO FRENCHY SO CHIC
The mere mention of summer festivals can make some of the strongest of us squirm. Hideous memories arise.…
CYCLE CHIC
Chitra, head designer from Chitra’s Closet with her bike and puppy (Image courtesy of Business Chic)…
CHRISTMAS CRAFT
You have done all your last minute shopping and now the time has come for Craftmas!…
BY DAY AND BY NIGHT
What do some of Melbourne’s leading restaurants have in common with our favourite DC comic characters? No, they’re…
HOOP LOVE – WORLD HULA HOOP DAY
The sensuality of the modern Australian woman is undoubtedly anchored by her strength. We can open…
THE DESIGN FILES’ OPEN HOUSE
Lucy Feagins, the design guru and brain behind The Design Files, took Couturing on a walk…
THE WINDSOR WORKSHOP’S CHRISTMAS MARKET, DECEMBER 8TH.
The people at the Windsor Workshop have gutted an old Patersons Cake shop and put everything…
HOLA LOS HERMANOS!
Melbourne’s newest installation to the Mexican food craze is Los Hermanos, an authentic Mexican taqueria with…
SUMMER MUFFINS, HAPPENED SO FAST
The warm weather is kicking in and so to are the endless barbecues and picnics of…
LE PETIT GATEAU’S PIERRICK BOYER
This week I met with Pierrick Boyer, head pastry chef for The RACV club and their…
BENJAMIN LAW’S GAYSIA
Benjamin Law’s first book, The Family Law, went into detail about his large eccentric family. This…
THE FACE BEHIND THE SPACE: DAVIS YU’S CLAREMONT TONIC
At only 22, Davis already owns three restaurants across Melbourne. If this isn’t novelty enough, they…
FROCKS AND FROTHS
Fans of Melbourne’s fashion along with alcohol entrepreneurs flocked to South Melbourne Market’s SO:ME design space…
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEMI-PERMANENT DESIGN FESTIVAL
Sceptics of design festivals feel that events like Semi-Permanent have become void now that the work…
SEMI-PERMANENT DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
The annual design extravaganza that is Semi-Permanent will celebrate its tenth birthday as it hits Melbourne this weekend.…
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Disposable fashion, online shopping, and meeting the maker Eloise Bishop, an ambassador for ethical brands…
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MELBOURNE WRITER’S FESTIVAL
If you didn’t get a chance to catch any events at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Couturing’s…
THE MELBOURNE WRITER’S FESTIVAL
Who’s who in the fabulous world of words The Melbourne Writer’s Festival will be building a bridge…