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“I’m going to tell you something, it’s something I’ve worked out over all the years,” the elderly zookeeper Salvatore Leonardi confides to his director towards the end of The Rome Zoo. “People who go to zoos all the time, there’s always something wrong with them.” It’s hard to know precisely how to take this: Salvatore has witnessed all kinds of strange behaviour – amorous,
There are two sessions left in Write Back! Writing sessions for aspiring writers. Kylie Maslen Writing Memoir Tuesday 15 June, 6-8pm Semaphore Library, 14 Semaphore Rd, Semaphore We all have a story to tell, but how do we make sure readers will connect with our own? While some people will have remarkable life experiences to detail, others will need to be more creative to make their story stand out – and cut through the slushpile to get your manuscript into the hands of publishers. In this workshop Kylie Maslen draws on her own experiences as a memoirist and author of Show Me Where It Hurts,...
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Taylor Maritime Investments Limited on its $253 million IPO Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Taylor Maritime Investments Limited (TMI) on its initial public offering, related seed asset acquisitions of Handysize and Supramax vessels and financing. This is the first shipping IPO for several years and involved simultaneous acquisition of 17 vessels from multiple vendors. TMI raised $160million in a placing and offer for subscription and issued approximately 93 million shares in connection with the acquisitions. Its market capitalisation on Admissi...
Andi Snelling uses bold, exaggerated movement to illustrate her chronic ill health in Happy-Go-Wrong Andi Snelling uses bold, exaggerated movement to illustrate her chronic ill health in Happy-Go-Wrong Sun 14 Mar 2021 22.52 EDT Last modified on Wed 17 Mar 2021 22.30 EDT In 2015 a revolt sprung seemingly from nowhere as women began talking openly about chronic, invisible illnesses. The Guardian Australia journalist Gabrielle Jackson shared her personal experience of endometriosis – the pain, the dismissal by doctors, the impacts on daily life – in a powerful opinion piece. That piece expan...
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