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Author: Joanna Baker

Joanna's first murder mystery novel was reviewed as "outstanding' in The Age, Melbourne. Her current book, The Slipping Place, is a multi-layered page-turning murder mystery, set in Hobart, available in all Australian bookshops and online. Learn more at joannabakerauthor.com. "I'm a sixth-generation Tasmanian, deeply attached to the place. I'm also deeply attached to murder mysteries of all kinds."

(P)recollection at MAMA

November 14, 2025November 16, 2025 Joanna Baker1 Comment

Sally Denshire’s new exhibition explores the history of Albury’s art gallery, and its rebirth as MAMA. (P)recollection reminds us of something important. It just might change the way you think about our art gallery.

Posted in Artists and Makers, Current EventsTagged Albury, art, painting, photography

after ‘Moths on the Windowpane’: poem by Sally Denshire

November 27, 2023November 30, 2023 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

A response by Sally Denshire to a photograph by Olive Cotton.

Posted in Our Fiction and Poetry

All diddle daddle done.*

February 26, 2022 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

Dotti Simmons loved stories and voices but most of all she loved words.

Posted in Artists and Makers, Uncategorized, Writers and writing

A Web of Deceit and Half-truths

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

“I willingly followed Baker as she skilfully led me away from the actual killer and entangled me in a web of deceit and half-truths. … haunting.”

Posted in Books, Our Fiction and Poetry

Tortoises and Hares

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

A piece by Jane Downing about an ancient story that appears in many cultures and oral traditions.

Posted in Our Fiction and Poetry, Writers and writing

Sad Shadows and Vivid Creativity: The Mayday Hills Arts Society

May 13, 2018May 13, 2018 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

An atmospheric and beautiful place rich with history, layers of flaking plaster and paint, long echoing corridors, generous rooms with high ceilings and soft light, gardens with quiet corners. Is it any wonder that Mayday Hills has become a home for local artists?

Posted in Artists and Makers, HistoryTagged Beechworth

Rise!

March 21, 2018 Joanna Baker1 Comment

Accomplished Chiltern photographer Nat Ord has created ten nuanced portraits set in finely wrought landscapes.

Posted in Artists and MakersTagged Albury, Beechworth, Chiltern

Lost for 150 Years: Burke’s Pistol Returns to Beechworth

February 2, 2018February 3, 2018 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

An incredible story: There is limited money and only three days to spare, and an important piece of Beechworth history has become available ... half way around the world ...

Posted in HistoryTagged Beechworth

“After my mother enlisted me in the Burmese Army”: A Story That Just Had to Be Told

January 10, 2018January 22, 2018 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

From Bihar to Berkeley, the extraordinary life of Plum Rutherford Haet, written by Andrea Palmer of Gundowring, Victoria.

Posted in Books, Writers and writingTagged Albury

Intangible Forces: the Art of Meg Sprouster

December 12, 2017 Joanna BakerLeave a comment

Albury painter Meg Sprouster has a deep affinity for colour and pattern, but her art is also profoundly engaged with ideas.

Posted in Artists and MakersTagged Albury

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