The bell above the door at New Edition Bookshop sounded exactly as I remembered. Outside, Fremantle was already warming into another bright afternoon. Norfolk pines stood against a cloudless sky and a sea breeze drifted inland from the harbour, carrying…
On my first evening in Shanghai, I found myself beside the Huangpu River watching ferries move between the banks. Around me, tourists lifted phones for photographs before drifting back into the crowd, commuters surfaced from the metro and headed into…
There is a point every year when Melbourne becomes my favourite city again. It usually happens sometime in April. The heat finally breaks after months of false promises. The light changes. Plane trees along the city streets begin turning shades…
There are some cities that stay suspended in memory long after the details disappear. I haven’t been back to Hong Kong since 2005, but certain fragments remain strangely intact: the feeling of humidity pressing against glass windows, fluorescent light reflecting…
Bangkok doesn’t really ease you in. It arrives all at once. Heat rising off concrete. The smell of garlic and smoke caught between traffic lights. Motorbikes weaving through lanes with entire families balanced on the back. Tuk-tuks cutting through the…