Clare Rankine

Today is a muggy Melbourne day that threatens with sunshine and rain, yet inside St Kilda café Galleon, fans sweep cold air and Ella Fitzgerald croons smooth and slow from the radio. Today, I’m meeting writer Bram Presser, who arrives on the dot of 3.30, folds a bookmark into ‘The Standing Chandelier’ by Lionel Shriver, […]

I meet Justine Sless for an early morning cup of tea at a café that’s just waking up. Justine has a packed schedule: she’s Creative Director at the Jewish Comedy Festival, she’s working part time at a non-profit and she’s writing her thesis. Today is one of her busier days, but she can spare an