Tenderfoot review: Toni Jordan's engrossing page-turning saga

Tenderfoot is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Andie Tanner as remembered by her very much older self.

Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 8-14 September 2025

Callout for nature photography, NGV Top Arts, funding open for WA and Gold Coast artists plus more opportunities.

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing)

In conversation: 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards at the National Library

What does it take to write an award-winning book?

Author talk: Dream State by Eric Puchner at the National Library

Join the National Library of Australia and internationally acclaimed American novelist Eric Puchner for a special event focused on his…

Meanjin: bean counting misses the intangible value of reading and imagining

The closure of Australia's second oldest literary journal Meanjin contradicts Melbourne's stance as a UNESCO City of Literature.

Meanjin, Australia's second oldest literary journal, to close

The last edition of Meanjin will be published in December, 'the board having found it no longer viable to produce…

From darning socks to licking rocks: I watched every movie with a female geologist and here’s what I learned

Verity Borthwick, author of Hollow Air, watched 25 films featuring female geologists and unearthed some rock-solid stereotypes.

MOSAIC: The Thrive Anthology

A kaleidoscope of stories – from an ensemble that refuses to be one thing.

Jack Edwards is becoming one of the most important figures in publishing

Still in his twenties, Jack Edwards has quickly become the UK's refined arbiter of good taste in literature.