Writing and Publishing
Literary pioneer Hilary McPhee launched Helen Garner, published Cloudstreet – and inspired me
McPhee’s business acumen, creativity and incredible track record made her a titan of the Australian publishing industry.
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Varuna, the National Writers\' House
EVENT: SUPERPOSITION Poetic Potentialities Twilight Gathering
Varuna is thrilled to partner with Superposition, a new festival on Dharug and Gundungurra land. For four days, Superposition opens…
Vale Terry Denton, best-selling children’s illustrator and author
The Australian children's publishing world has lost one of its best known figures, the illustrator and author Terry Denton.
5 questions with… Nadine Browne, author of Gone Guru
When Joyce Carol Oates said her memoir was a 'dead baby', Western Australian author Nadine Browne took that sting of…
Varuna, the National Writers\\\' House
WORKSHOP: Our Commonwealth (Wink, Wink) with Luke Patterson
This workshop raids the living archive of stories, rituals, songs, sayings and everyday objects, asking what becomes possible when words…
Varuna, the National Writers' House
WORKSHOP: Weaving Poetic Diamonds with Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Join Anne-Marie Te Whiu in a workshop of exchange and ideas-building as she shares her creative side-hustle and invites you…
Varuna, the National Writers' House
WORKSHOP: Poetic Cartography with Jazz Money
Join Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money to consider your unique cartography, discover how poetry can reveal the world around us in…
Adelaide Writers' Week looks to a new chapter, announces author Min Jin Lee for 2027 festival
The Pachinko author will discuss her new novel at Adelaide Writers' Week, as the festival looks to rebuild trust after…
'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real
In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…