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The Guardian
3 days ago
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- The Guardian
NSW spending $1.5m on literary hub to rival Melbourne's Wheeler Centre and boost Sydney Writers festival
Sydney's literati is about to get what Melbourne has had for more than decade – a rival to the Wheeler Centre that established the southern city's Unesco-endorsed reputation as the literary and publishing capital of Australia. On Sunday, the New South Wales arts minister, John Graham, announced the establishment of a dedicated literature hub, to be based out of the state's public library, as is Melbourne's Wheeler Centre. The new hub, with initial funding of $1.5m from the state government, will mean Sydney Writers festival events will take place all year round – 75 literary events over the next 12 months. 'There's nothing like a festival in terms of the intensity and the sheer numbers of fantastic things that are on,' the creative director of the Sydney Writers festival, Ann Mossop, told the Guardian. 'But this will be a little taste of the festival almost every week,' Mossop said. The year-long calendar will draw from Australia's deep literary talent pool and include appearances by international authors. 'We've had a situation in Sydney where … really, there are missed opportunities. We have fantastic books released by Australian authors … we also have amazing people coming to Australia for other events or festivals … but we haven't been able to take advantage of their visits,' Mossop said. The full program will be announced on 14 August, with the first events kicking off in September. Stella prize winner Michelle de Kretser, Burial Rites author Hannah Kent, the former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown, and Pulitzer-nominated The Atlantic journalist Sophie Gilbert have been confirmed. The program will aim to deliver timely, engaging content that captures local and international literary voices, using a global literary exchange network and nurturing emerging Australian talent. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Graham said the hub would provide an inclusive and accessible platform for NSW's diverse communities, 'amplifying underrepresented voices and strengthening the connection between writers and readers'. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion The recently refurbished 344-seat auditorium underneath the historic Mitchell Library reading room will be the headquarters for many of the program's events, although Mossop said she expected free and family events to spread out across other library venues and elsewhere. 'The partnership recognises the role libraries play as the homes for readers and writers, and the great contribution that writers festivals play in taking what is quite a solitary act – reading – and transforming it into community experience,' Graham said in a statement. 'This $1.5m investment into a year-around program will benefit us all, strengthening the cultural heartbeat of our city, creating a home for readers and writers – a place for discussion, ideas, reflection, discovery.'
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect in Columbia infant death apparently released from custody
Mitchell Kaminski COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — A Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl is the subject of an active arrest warrant. But two days after the warrant was issued, court and prison records indicate she still isn't in custody. Jennifer Johnson was scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Monday, July 14 for charges including second-degree felony murder and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She is accused in the death of Hannah Kent. A Tuesday court filing shows that she was sent to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. However, Arkansas DOC spokesperson Rand Champion told ABC 17 News in an email that a Jennifer Johnson was put on parole on June 16 and no one with that name is in custody. The spokesperson said a middle name was not available in their system. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, Johnson was released Monday. She had previously been incarcerated in Missouri from April 27-May 19, 2022, and again from May 23, 2022-June 16, 2025, despite the Boone County Jail having her listed on a no-bond hold. Boone County courts issued a warrant for her arrest on Tuesday. Prosecutor Roger Johnson declined to comment on Thursday. Court records list Johnson's address in the 2001 block of Holly Avenue. But when ABC 17 News visited the property, the home appeared abandoned, and the lot surrounding it was under construction. Columbia police arrested Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. According to court documents, police were dispatched to the Women's and Children's Hospital in Columbia on the morning of April 18, 2021, where they were informed that an 8-month-old, Hannah Kent, who was under Johnson's care, had died. Court documents indicate the parents left Kent and other children in Johnson's care beginning around 5 p.m. the previous day. The mother found the child around 8:30 a.m. unresponsive and cool to the touch after returning home and immediately noticed bruising, court documents indicate. The parents then took the child to Women's and Children's Hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead at 8:45 am. Johnson allegedly told police that she last saw the infant alive at 2:15 a.m. after giving a bottle to the child, the probable cause statement says. According to court documents, Johnson took a call from the parents saying the baby had died and the parents wanted to see Johnson. Two people who knew Johnson brought items that Johnson had at the home to the Columbia police, court documents say. Investigators allegedly found baby formula on Johnson's clothes, and a swab of the same shirt tested positive for blood. Johnson was previously charged with two counts of assault in Howard County in 2019. The complaint in the case states she strangled and bit another woman. Kent's family declined to comment. DOC041921_04192021170840Download Click here to follow the original article.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect in Columbia infant death apparently released from custody
Mitchell Kaminski COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — A Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl is the subject of an active arrest warrant. But two days after the warrant was issued, court and prison records indicate she still isn't in custody. Jennifer Johnson was scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Monday, July 14 for charges including second-degree felony murder and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She is accused in the death of Hannah Kent. A Tuesday court filing shows that she was sent to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. However, Arkansas DOC spokesperson Rand Champion told ABC 17 News in an email that a Jennifer Johnson was put on parole on June 16 and no one with that name is in custody. The spokesperson said a middle name was not available in their system. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, Johnson was released Monday. She had previously been incarcerated in Missouri from April 27-May 19, 2022, and again from May 23, 2022-June 16, 2025, despite the Boone County Jail having her listed on a no-bond hold. Boone County courts issued a warrant for her arrest on Tuesday. Prosecutor Roger Johnson declined to comment on Thursday. Court records list Johnson's address in the 2001 block of Holly Avenue. But when ABC 17 News visited the property, the home appeared abandoned, and the lot surrounding it was under construction. Columbia police arrested Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. According to court documents, police were dispatched to the Women's and Children's Hospital in Columbia on the morning of April 18, 2021, where they were informed that an 8-month-old, Hannah Kent, who was under Johnson's care, had died. Court documents indicate the parents left Kent and other children in Johnson's care beginning around 5 p.m. the previous day. The mother found the child around 8:30 a.m. unresponsive and cool to the touch after returning home and immediately noticed bruising, court documents indicate. The parents then took the child to Women's and Children's Hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead at 8:45 am. Johnson allegedly told police that she last saw the infant alive at 2:15 a.m. after giving a bottle to the child, the probable cause statement says. According to court documents, Johnson took a call from the parents saying the baby had died and the parents wanted to see Johnson. Two people who knew Johnson brought items that Johnson had at the home to the Columbia police, court documents say. Investigators allegedly found baby formula on Johnson's clothes, and a swab of the same shirt tested positive for blood. Johnson was previously charged with two counts of assault in Howard County in 2019. The complaint in the case states she strangled and bit another woman. Kent's family declined to comment. DOC041921_04192021170840Download Click here to follow the original article.
NZ Herald
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Book of the day: Always Homes, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent
It's necessary to summarise this memoir in some detail, because its slowly cohering narrative is its essence. It's the back story of Aussie Hannah Kent's deservedly acclaimed first novel, Burial Rites. A bit over two decades ago, the teenaged Kent flew to Iceland as an exchange student. She found herself
ABC News
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
On stage at Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox
A live recording from Melbourne Writers' Festival as Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox sit down with Kate Evans and Jonathan Green to discuss the latest fiction releases they're enjoying, loving and being challenged by. BOOKS - Hannah Kent, Always Home, Always Homesick, Picador - Eimear McBride, The City Changes its Face, Faber - Susan Choi, Flashlight, Jonathan Cape - Edward St Aubyn, Parallel Lines, Jonathan Cape - Caryl Phillips, Another Man in the Street, Bloomsbury GUESTS Hannah Kent, novelist whose books are Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion – and whose memoir, Always Home, Always Homesick – has just been published. Beejay Silcox, critic and writer. Festival director, literary interviewer and one of the inaugural recipients of the Frank Moorhouse Reading Room writing residency OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Eric Puchner, Dream State Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers Emily Maguire, Rapture Mariana Enríquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People Susan Hampton, Anything Can Happen
