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Sophie Rose crowdfunding to awaken new album

November 04, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Rockhampton singer-songwriter Sophie Rose Blackman has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring her new album, Reawakened, to life.

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Sophie Rose
Music

New music: The Short Fall

November 03, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

The Short Fall - brothers Angelo and Ryan Conway - have dropped a new single, Under the Clouds.

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November 03, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
The Short Fall
Music

Fiction: Shadow Man

October 30, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing

Our tour of terror has reached its final stop: the 13 Days of Halloween wrap up with a dark dance by LJ McLeod.

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13 Day of Halloween, Specul8, horror, LJ McLeod
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Fiction: The Pale Thing Behind the Waterfall

October 28, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing

Today, Specul8 Publishing’s 13 Days of Halloween take us to Italy, with this macabre tale from Stephen Burns.

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Writing

Drought-inspired painting wins major gong at Gladstone's Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards

October 28, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art, Art

Ainsley McMahon’s Drought in the Lucky Country has won the overall award at this year’s Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.

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martin hanson memorial art awards, ainsley mcmahon
Visual art, Art

Fiction: In Memoriam

October 25, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing

The 13 Days of Halloween continue, with ghostly fiction from Rockhampton master of horror Greg Chapman.

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October 25, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
13 Day of Halloween, Specul8, Greg Chapman, horror
Writing
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Fiction: Home Improvements

October 21, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing

Today in the 13 Days of Halloween… Fixer-upper fantasies turn to nightmares in Aaron C Goulson’s short story Home Improvements.

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13 Day of Halloween, Specul8, Aaron C Goulson, horror, fiction
Writing

The Watcher at Westwood

October 20, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing, Local history, Lifestyle

As part of Specul8 Publishing’s 13 Days of Halloween, author Lana Lea shares a disturbing personal story about growing up at Westwood.

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Writing, Local history, Lifestyle

Sugar and spice and a little bit morbid: an interview with Bee Neilsen

October 18, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Writing

As part of Specul8 Publishing’s 13 Days of Halloween, meet Bee Neilsen: author of newly-released A Little Ray of Obsidian Black.

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October 18, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Bee Neilsen, Specul8, 13 Day of Halloween
Writing

Emerald musician Anna Farquhar to open 2018 VDMFest

October 17, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Emerald musician Anna Farquhar has won the opportunity to open for some of Australia’s top country talent at VDMFest in Biloela on October 27.

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Music

Rounding up business success: Biloela online fashion retailer named Australian Boutique of the Year

October 16, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Lifestyle

Less than two years since she left a job in the mines to concentrate on an online clothing business, Biloela entrepreneur Jasmine Wallace’s Buckaroo Boutique has been named 2018 Australian Boutique of the Year.

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October 16, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Jasime Wallace, Buckaroo Boutique, Kathy Dumbleton
Lifestyle

The Doctor will see you now: thoughts on Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who debut

October 13, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Television

Rocky Street Press editor Jodie van de Wetering has been watching (and re-watching, and re-watching) Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell To Earth this week. Here’s her take on neurodiverse companions, family matters, and a lady in the TARDIS.

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New for subscribers: does opera have any kind of relevance for regional Qld audiences, and how can it reflect our own special sense of self and place?  A Bundy based theatre maker aims to find out, and write some new work along the way... #opera #bun
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What happened to Alice?  We take on true crime with a fascinating piece from Dr Wendy Davis, combining meticulous historical research with fiction to fill the gaps.  Online now ➡ rockystreetpress.com 
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New online: meet the 25 #centralqld and #westernqld artists who are finalists in @rockhamptonartgallery's Bayton Awards.  Exhibition and loads of tie-in events coming soon to #Rockhampton! ➡ rockystreetpress.com 
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New online: @kissingtheflint have risen from the ashes of last year's bushfires to release their carbon-negative debut EP, Unconditionality.  Full story @ rockystreetpress.com.

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Rocky Street Press acknowledges the Darumbal people, Traditional Custodians of the Central Queensland region where we live and work.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to Indigenous nations’ rich cultures of art and storytelling. We welcome Indigenous readers and contributors.

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