Articles on QPAC

December 19, 2023

Leah Purcell’s Is That You, Ruthie? is a powerful look at ‘dormitory girls’ separated from Country and family

Kate Cantrell, University of Southern Queensland

Is That You, Ruthie? is a harrowing account of a mother and daughter’s attempt to repair their fractured relationship.

March 2, 2022

Margaret Cook, University of the Sunshine Coast

Prone to flooding, by the 1970s Brisbane’s South Bank was largely undeveloped open space. It is now home to Queensland’s major cultural institutions.

September 6, 2021

Alastair Blanshard, The University of Queensland

A theatrical version of Trent Dalton’s novel is both an exploration of masculinity and an exuberant love letter to Brisbane.

Alastair Blanshard
Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
Margaret Cook
Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Kate Cantrell
Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland