Green Room: Guitars, pop stars and a novel coup

SA arts and culture news in brief: A pick and mix for guitar fans this weekend, get set for SALA, new music festival promises killer pop and death drops, work-in-progress showings shed light on Vitalstatistix’s untold history, submissions sought for 2024 Fringe poster design, and which book is currently most in-demand in SA’s libraries.

Diary of a Publisher: ‘Library Through the Lens’

It’s far from an ideal time to be launching a book, but Michael Bollen looks at a South Australian library livestreaming initiative that is bringing new titles and their authors direct to readers’ living rooms.

Get the latest word at your local library

Today’s libraries are about so much more than just the books. In the latest in SALIFE’s One Small Step guides to better living in South Australia, we take a look at what makes just a few of our local libraries special.

Closing books, libraries and minds

English is a mongrel language but without the stories that can be woven from it, how do we know how to live?