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Closing: 26 Mar 2026

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Thelma 2024 (detail) by National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Finalist, Em Jensen | opportunities and awards
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 16 to 22 February 2026

Closing soon: amazing opportunities for musicians, photographers, poets and literary journals.

Book Launch

National Library of Australia

Author talk: Bring Back Yesterday by Bob Carr

Join Canberra Writers Festival and author Bob Carr for a special In Conversation event focused on his new memoir, 'Bring…

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QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil. Image supplied.
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Meanjin resurrection: QUT takes on Australia's iconic literary journal

Queensland University of Technology is the new home of the literary journal Meanjin.

The late Jon Kudelka. A plump, smiling fair-skinned man with short brown hair and a short beard. He is smiling, wears a plaid shirt, and sits in front of a colourful yellow backdrop.
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Vale Tasmanian cartoonist and artist Jon Kudelka

Remembered and admired for his Walkley-winning political cartoons, as well as his illustrations and anti-Tasmanian tourism stance, Kudelka died on…

Andy Griffiths has been announced as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026 and 2027.
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Andy Griffiths appointed as national ambassador for Australian children’s literature

The much-loved children's author Andy Griffiths turns a new page as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026-2027.

Info Sessions

Writing NSW

Pathways to Publication

Pathways to Publication is a dedicated information session for writers from diverse cultural backgrounds and influence seeking publication or wanting…

Australian books podcasts. Image: Apostolos Vamvouras on Unsplash.
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6 best Australian books podcasts

Explore these 6 Australian books podcasts for all things bookish and writerly.

Funding

Creative Australia

Australian Publishing and Promotion Fund 2026–27

Writing Australia has been established as part of the Australian government’s National Cultural Policy Revive, to strengthen the Australian literature sector…

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