Writeousness

Writeousness Passionate about the written word, watching movies that resonate, enaging in visual/performance art, listening to music, attending festivals, enjoys travel

Writeousness aka Charmaine (Shahimah) Idris was born in bewitching Cape Town, South Africa pre the dismantling of apartheid. In 1980, Charmaine emigrated to Australia where she embarked on a much anticipated journey of self-discovery. Melbourne became her watering-hole where she later embraced marriage whilst juggling motherhood and an established career. In 1994, the (then) family relocated to th

e city of the historic Petronas Twin Towers aka Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Three years after her arrival in Malaysia, Charmaine was brutally stabbed in a basement car park resulting in paraplegia. This major turning point in her life greatly influenced her first play "From Table Mountain to Teluk Intan" which was staged in 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and then again at the New York Fringe Festival in 2002. In 2007, Charmaine relocated back to Australia. Given her passion for living life to the fullest, Charmaine has embarked on yet another journey of self-discovery armed with wisdom, insight, patience, humility and gratitude to guide her. Here she will share her reviews on books, movies, visual/performance art, music, festivals, travel and most anything that captivates her imagination!

26/05/2026


First Look: Inside the Venice Biennale 2026 ✨

From the Giardini to the Arsenale, the 61st International Art Exhibition is officially underway. Curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, In Minor Keys unfolds across Venice with 111 artists, collectives and duos exploring intimacy, resonance, memory and quieter forms of resistance.

Take a first walk through this year’s national pavilions, large-scale installations and must-see moments from the Biennale’s preview day.

🗓 9 May–22 November 2026

25/05/2026


Books Hold Secret Powers — Carl Sagan

Source : Carl Sagan Archive


23/05/2026

The books that I've by authors from diverse backgrounds for the last six months - each is a gem 💎




22/05/2026

Nothing but admiration for JAAFAR JACKSON in the myopic MICHAEL ... unmissable screen gem 💎




21/05/2026



First Nations artist Tony Albert has spent decades collecting racist “Aboriginalia”. Now, he’s turning it into art.

In his 20s, Albert coined the term “Aboriginalia” to describe these objects and started using them to make art. Now, as part of his exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Not a Souvenir, he’s calling on the public to donate their own pieces of “Aboriginalia” with the intention to use them in his future works.

So perhaps it’s time to go rummaging in the attic, or gaze over your grandmas mantlepiece? Donations can be made directly to the Museum of Contemporary Art.

19/05/2026


‘Taiwan Travelogue pulls off an incredible double feat: it succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel. As judges, we’ve enjoyed rich discussions about the many layers of this book. It’s a captivating, slyly sophisticated novel’ Natasha Brown, Chair of judges

We’re delighted to announce the winner of the International Booker Prize 2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies, is Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King.




17/05/2026

The International Booker Prize for Fiction - watch the livestream on Tues 19 May



15/05/2026


‘There really isn’t anything quite like a book to understand the perspective of others and translated fiction takes that even further. I guess it’s the fusion of an experience that is so universal and at the same time so unique. It’s the antidote to othering.’

Watch ’s opening speech from the International Booker Prize 10th anniversary event, a special celebration that marked a decade of the prize.

08/05/2026


Release and bonds.

This video deals, in part, with my own aging and with letting go of certain things and people. It is not mourning in the traditional sense, but letting go can also be a form of grief. By cutting these bonds, an entirely new era begins yet it unfolds within a body I know well, even as it has been continuously changing for nearly half a century.

For this idea, I wanted to create a somewhat different world, even though for nearly every video and thought I create a new world anyway. Still, in many respects, this one is different.

There were two very strong images in my mind: a masked character who returns again and again, and a strange creature — not exactly frightening — as if it were wrapping itself around a human, dancing with them.

The repeatedly recurring house, the house-like beings, suggest a kind of rootlessness that continually preoccupies me. And the dance is what tries to resolve, or release, all of this.

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