Eli Beverley-Schack has lived in Sydney since he was 11 years old. A string of men’s hair salons suited his gregarious, extrovert personality. He and his wife travelled extensively throughout Asia and Europe, collecting memories.
Now retired, Eli enjoys his rooftop apartment in Neutral Bay, looking across to the city he loves, and reading. Always reading. He still travels frequently with his new partner, and enjoys harbour-side walks, attending live music venues, independent theatre, and is a regular presence at cinemas across Sydney. He enjoys festivals, obscure art movies, movies, national theatre productions and everything that the Sydney cultural scene offers.
He walks to local libraries to select books appealing to his latest interests, whether it be history, travel, politics, biographies, reads reviews of movies, journals and much more, and enjoys taking photos of the skies above his beloved city that litter his Facebook feed.
Eli observes. He sees. He goes beyond the superficial, and he shares.
What’s not to love about Spider-Man, as we follow Tom Holland in his fourth standalone adventure, devoting his time to protecting New York City while web-slinging spectacularly, as both the protagonist and the hero Peter Parker.
He is adjusting to …
With Sedaris, nobody and nothing is off limits- no target too big, no story too small, no issue too personal. He is pathologically averse to sentimentality, and venom is his best friend. He doesn’t take hand-wringing to heart. “ If …
Getting blown-away by incredible musicians is an honoured tradition but experiencing Simone Young and firebrand wunderkind cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a world class musical privilege. His undeniable artistry and compelling musical presence has transcended the hype of playing at the …
Her writing is incisive, prescient but above all, intuitively instructive. She writes “Human
beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in
manoeuvres – danger, death, and live ammunition. “
Opening with the …
Above author pic Samantha Shannon
Let’s clear the air, immediately.
No one enthrals like Samantha Shannon does, the mistress of fantasy fiction. This is a story of human resilience in the face of circumstances which lead the reader through gripping …
If you read to understand your world better, as i try to do, SON OF HAMAS is certainly a primer. It doesn’t attempt to explain all of the factors causing war in Gaza, but it does shine a light …
Above : Jodi McAlister. Pic Manda Ford
A book with bathos snd pathos that engages terrifically as we find out, at the onset that Fiona and Satoshi make no sense. He’s eight years younger and has no time for …
On a mild Winter’s evening the venue, Sydney Opera House’s Salon for chamber performances, the Utzon Room filled to capacity anticipating the remarkable offering presented by Ensemble Q Australia who are on tour to connect with communities through live …
The brilliant Katherine Rundell
This is the new odyssey where we join the intrepid crew aboard the vessel, Neverfear, that pit the fearless Christopher, Anya and their mythical friends as they prime the sails for a perilous quest to save …
The creator of Watchmen takes a swipe at the comics industry’s populist fascism in America, a kind of savaging of the superhero mill. This collection of Alan Moore’s short fictions contain eight stories, four published in smaller Indies print …