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City of Greater Bendigo

Bendigo Writers Festival

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

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20 pub quiz literary questions

How many of these bookish answers do you know?

Fellowships

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.

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Book review: Wait Here, Lucy Nelson

A collection of stories exploring the topic of childlessness.

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Book review: Joss: A History, Grace Yee

Yee's book pays tribute to early Chinese settlers in Australia and New Zealand.

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Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić  

Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.

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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…

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Opportunities and awards

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

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Book review: The Name of the Sister, Gail Jones

Gail Jones' latest novel is a mesh of literary and crime genres.

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Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald

What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?

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