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New Indigenous Literacy program kicks off

Four First Nations creatives head to Sydney to skill up for new futures as publishers, graphic designers and writers in…

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Opportunities and awards

Enter the 2024 Australian Event Awards, plus winners of Dobell Drawing Prize and Walk of Fame nominees, and more!

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Book review: Everything is Tuberculosis, John Green

The author of 'The Fault in our Stars' looks at one of the deadliest diseases in the world in his…

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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

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2025 International Booker Prize shortlist announced

Which six books are in the running for the prize?

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Scathing book reviews are more common than you think

Are you fretting about receiving a bad review? You're in good company.

More influential than traditional reviewers, Booktubers are shaping our tastes. Australians aren't missing out. Image: Dhruv Vishwakarma on Unsplash.
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5 Australian BookTubers shaping our taste

These Australian BookTubers are amassing hundreds of thousands of views for their reviews of a diverse mix of books.

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Book review: Mother Tongue, Naima Brown

Motherhood, womanhood and the power of words.

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Writing NSW

Online: Novel Writing from Idea to Manuscript

This comprehensive course will guide you through the novel writing process, from drafting a novel, creating characters, crafting a gripping…

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Inaugural Aussie Global Book Crawl

Australia joins a worldwide network of bookstore crawls.

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