Press release: Buy your Family Library raffle tickets – Toot Sweet!

The Family Library is offering a Truly Scrumptious raffle prize. With support from Microgaming PlayItForward, the library has five pairs of tickets to see this summer’s Gaiety Theatre musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, for the matinee performance on August 11. … Continue reading →

Racket over the Packet came a little late

  Paul Speller has called  out MHKs for being too late to start expressing concern about the future of the Steam Packet. In his Grapevine column in the latest edition of Business365, Paul points out that concerns expressed over the … Continue reading →

The bewildering world of Legislative Council elections

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Paul Speller takes a look at the bewildering world of Legislative Council elections in the latest issue of Business365 magazine. In his Grapevine column for April, Paul muses on how there can be a system where those who have a … Continue reading →

Spring into action at the Family Library this Easter holiday

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An animation course is one of many special events taking place at the Family Library during the school holiday. The Animania animation course will be held across four sessions, on April 3, 6, 10 and 13, running from 1.30pm to … Continue reading →

Dimension6 Annual Collection shortlisted for award

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Dimension6 Annual Collection 2017, which features a story by Paul Speller, has been shortlisted for an award. The anthology, including Paul’s haunting story The Curious Child, is a finalist in the Best Anthology category of the 2017 Aurealis Awards. The … Continue reading →

Through the Legislative Council looking glass

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Paul Speller takes a look at the future role of the Legislative Council in his latest column for Business 365. He suggests a stronger role in scrutiny and a lesser role in government may be the future for the unelected … Continue reading →

Why finishing a story is sometimes just the start

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Paul Speller is celebrating, after finishing work on his latest piece of short fiction. But, as he explains here, sometimes finishing the story is just the start of a long journey that, hopefully, ends in publication. He also confesses to … Continue reading →