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Warrnambool Senior Constable will contest charges.

THE UNTOLD and often hidden histories of women was one of the many threads that ran through this year’s Wordplay book festival which closed on Sunday night with a well-attended event featuring former BBC journalist Gavin Esler. Being interviewed on stage by another former BBC...

LITERATURE lovers are getting ready for the return of Wordplay, which begins next week. The Shetland Arts festival - which runs between 21 and 25 September - is being curated by local writer Malachy Tallack. There will be a mix of in-person guests, workshops, readings and school...

And gains Greystone Kids Inside in: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten, illus. by Arie Van ‘t Riet, trans. by Laura Watkinson (Oct. 12, $19.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-679-6), provides a look at creatures and their natural habitats using x-ray techniques and photographs. Ages 2–7. How Beautiful by Antonella Capetti, illus. by Melissa Castrillon (Nov. 2, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-853-0). A curious caterpillar searches for the true meaning of the word beautiful. Ages 4–8. Lit...

Thirteen new volunteer advocates were sworn in on May 20 by the Lake County Juvenile Court to advocate for foster children who have suffered abuse and neglect.