Jenny Valentish
Jenny Valentish is the author of the non-fiction books Everything Harder Than Everyone Else and Woman of Substances.
The (musical) forecast is bleak, but Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi is still in the game
Provocative British band Fat White Family, notorious for their chaotic on-stage energy and off-stage antics, are returning to Australia – and hopefully won’t be arrested this time.
- by Jenny Valentish
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How coloured pencils at the restaurant table shaped Australia’s new queen of kitsch
Ginger Taylor had always loved drawing – but it wasn’t until she fell into signwriting that everything kicked off.
- by Jenny Valentish
Australian Idyll: The raucous annual event that turns ordinary folk into rock stars
This loose – very loose – homage to Australian Idol offers its own celebrity judges, backup singers and some pretty wild trophies to compete for.
- by Jenny Valentish
Ticket to Rye: Our independent festivals are dying. Here’s how we can save them
Independent festivals are appealing to punters to buy tickets early or – as with Mornington Peninsula’s NinchFest – lose the event forever.
- by Jenny Valentish
The local band that’s ‘like Iggy and the Stooges drenched in eucalyptus oil’
Wolfgang Buckley grew up at music festivals. Now his band, Stiff Richards – which has Iggy Pop’s tick of approval – is coming back to perform at Golden Plains.
- by Jenny Valentish
Romance novels about AFLW, the housing crisis and teaching? Turns out they’re more popular than ever
There’s a tight-knit group of authors forging a new path through publishing by writing for a loyal audience – and being paid for each page being turned.
- by Jenny Valentish
The inside story of toxic food trends and cult-like chefs
Jess Ho’s Raised by Wolves is full of insider revelations and a growing sense of guilt about the state of the restaurant industry.
- by Jenny Valentish
‘It’s making people ill’: Just what is wrong with the music industry?
Ian Winwood’s book Bodies is a call to arms in the face of overdoses, suicides and accidental deaths in the rock world, as well as his own story of addiction.
- by Jenny Valentish
‘That was very naughty of us’: Challenging the narrative of music as a male domain
A new anthology co-edited by former Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon and author Sinead Gleeson focuses on the female experience of the music industry.
- by Jenny Valentish
Chance meeting at Bali cafe leads to main role in Aussie short film
What does it take to make a short film on a budget in Indonesia? Audacity, ingenuity and a guy on the ground.
- by Jenny Valentish
‘I saw death, I saw love’: Artist’s secret testament to life in Iran
Hadieh Shafie is one of 16 artists capturing the lives of Islamic women in SOUL fury.
- by Jenny Valentish
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