Writing and Publishing

City of Greater Bendigo
Bendigo Writers Festival
Get ready for another incredible year of words, ideas, and inspiration at the Bendigo Writers Festival.

20 pub quiz literary questions
How many of these bookish answers do you know?

Sydney Review of Books
2025 CA-SRB Emerging Critics Fellowship
In partnership with the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Sydney Review of Books invites applications for the 2025 Emerging Critics Fellowship program.

Book review: Wait Here, Lucy Nelson
A collection of stories exploring the topic of childlessness.

Book review: Joss: A History, Grace Yee
Yee's book pays tribute to early Chinese settlers in Australia and New Zealand.

Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić
Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.

Book review: A Beautiful Family, Jennifer Trevelyan
Written from a child's point of view, this debut canvases our protagonist's confusion as she tries to make sense of…

Opportunities and awards
Ceramics prize open for entries, Artspace Studio Program artists and Australian Dance Theatre LOFT residents revealed, plus design and fashion…

Book review: The Name of the Sister, Gail Jones
Gail Jones' latest novel is a mesh of literary and crime genres.

Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald
What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?