Woodend Festival
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Discerning readers will notice that ABR has undergone a modest cover redesign, a literary nip-and-tuck, to coincide with the arrival of a new Editor. The format will allow ABR to feature the work of Australian artists and underline its fellowship with the visual arts world. Like writers, illustrators and cover designers in the book industry face challenges with the rise of AI-produced content. ABR, meanwhile, is for human-produced creativity. This issue we feature ‘Mother and Child Gaze at the Moon’, a paper collage by South Australian artist Alice Lindstrom, whose work can be found at alicelindstrom.com
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I recall the first time I saw pianist Paul Grabowsky play. The occasion was the launch of his debut album Six by Three, recorded with his then trio of bassist Gary Costello and drummer Allan Browne. The recital took place on a Sunday afternoon, in 1989, if memory serves, in a downstairs gallery in Flinders Lane.
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Since its first iteration in 2005, the annual Woodend Winter Arts Festival has grown to become one of the more successful regional arts events in Victoria. The picturesque town of Woodend is less than an hour away from Melbourne, and now also has a significant and growing population of tree-changers and retirees.
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