A national reading campaign would be welcome in Australia

It's time for a coordinated national reading campaign to get Australians back to books.

Blak & Bright Writers Festival 2026: Evelyn Araluen and Tony Armstrong announced

The first guests announced for the 2026 Blak & Bright Festival include Tony Birch and Brooke Blurton.

Deep Reading for Writers with Emily Maguire

Miles Franklin Literary Award: the 6 shortlisted books for 2026

The six novels shortlisted for the Miles Franklin include Josephine Rowe's Little World and Randa Abdel-Fattah's Discipline.

Online Feedback: Poetry with Alicia Sometimes

This feedback program will take place online with Writing NSW and will help you hone your poetry skills over five…

Online Feedback: Fiction with Pamela Cook

In this online course, author Pamela Cook will provide feedback on your adult or young adult fiction, enabling you to…

We need a library in every Australian school

School libraries can do much more than improve literacy.

I've finally read Ulysses and feel bruised... but better than you

This Bloomsday, why not commit to reading James Joyce's 1922 masterpiece Ulysses (if you dare).

Henry Goes Bush review: an action-packed caper on the legacy of Henry Lawson

Wayne Marshall's debut novel Henry Goes Bush is a wild ride.

Helen Garner & Charlotte Wood lead a new free Body of Work series at Melbourne's Fed Square

Body of Work invites 'some of the country’s most significant writers into expansive, career-spanning conversations'.