In 2023, Newcastle Writers Festival will celebrate its tenth anniversary. To mark the occasion, Swell sat down with director, Rosemarie Milsom, to learn more about the festival’s history, highlights and her hopes
for its future. Cover Photo: Chris Patterson
One of the greatest joys of Swell is meeting all sorts of people; people breaking moulds, following their passion, creating change or just plain creating. And a lot of them just happen to be women. For International Women’s Day this year, we have pulled together a group of brilliant women we’ve met in the last year.
Nothing says holidays like parking your butt at the beach, soaking up the sun and watching the world go by. But, if you really want to ramp up your #summervibes, why not add your next great read to your basket and get lost in the pages? Here are six fave reads from our friends at Secret Book Stuff.
We know, that you know, that Swell is the best print magazine in Newcastle. But perhaps there’s a thing or two you don’t know about us and what goes on behind the scenes? Say no more.
If you’re like us and your cup of molten caramel caffeine is often the highlight of your day, then Emma has prepared this guide especially for you. The Newcastle region is well known for its coffee scene (move over Melbourne), but we want to take a moment to honour the coffee shops in the backstreets, where the coffee is so great that customers make an intentional detour to arrive on their doorstep.
The vegan food scene in Newcastle has really taken off in the past five years or so, with more and more local eateries expanding their menus to cater for plant-based options. Someone who has kept a close eye on these changes is local vegan lifestyle blogger Chelsey Johns, who since 2010 has been showing people how to eat, look, travel and live Like A Vegan. We asked Chelsey to share some of her top vegan food picks in Newcastle and surrounds.
If you’ve spent any time with our Content & Marketing Strategist, Hannah, you will have probably heard a Ted Lasso reference or two. Some may use the word ‘obsessed’, though Hannah prefers to say she’s just passionate about a good story. After endless tidbits of info being dropped into random conversations on a daily basis, we’ve finally let her write a story about her favourite show and the life lessons we can take away from it.
Nothing says summer like your favourite ice cream! In the spirit of celebrating and throwing back to our first ever cover, we asked Laura Kebby to rate and review each of the ice creams featured. It’s safe to say, things are about to get a little messy.
If one of your #goals in 2022 is to be a better ally to your friends and fellow humans in the queer community, we have got the guide for you! We chat with Newcastle’s favourite celebrity, Timberlina, about how to be a great ally, why pronouns are important, and how the world is changing every single day, so you better gosh darn keep up.
Since ‘hot girl summer’ is off the cards thanks to La Nina, you’re probably getting keen to finally watch those TV series you’ve been putting off all year for… you guessed it – a rainy day! Here are our top five shows to kick off the binge-watching session of the century.
