Ailsa Wild News Today

Children need to connect with Australia's bountiful variety of trees. New picture books are helping them to do so.

“Dark Emu” author, Bruce Pascoe. PART of the burgeoning arts scene on the far south coast, the new Headland Writers Festival kicks off this weekend at Tathra, with talks, workshops, readings and performances. It’s a labour of love for creative director, singer/songwriter Myoung Jae Yi, who urges would-be visitors to “be inspired by the sublime beauty of Tathra and see the world anew”. There’ll be conversations with authors, talks, workshops, performances, live music and readings, bu...

Ailsa Wild has spent years travelling between Bega and Melbourne, with multiple stops in Cann River. She remembers the bakery, the wizzy dizzy, and her parents hitchhiking from Cann River to Orbost. Ailsa is a writer, performer and community artist who grew up in Bega and lives in Melbourne. Her new book The Care Factor is out this month - its the true story of her friend nursing during the peak of the pandemic in Melbourne last year. Duration: 2min 23sec