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COVID concerns force Emerging Writers Festival online
To combat the challenges of COVID-19, the EWF will once again operate digitally.
Book Review: Reading like an Australian writer, NewSouth Books
Successful writers dishing up their views on reading and writing in a most palatable manner
A festival that redefines the Gold Coast
On its 10th anniversary, the Bleach* Festival promises music, performance and original artworks as big as the Gold Coast itself.…
Exit Interview: Dr Wendy Were, Director Advocacy and Development, Australia Council
From international engagement strategies to showing how Australian's value culture, Wendy Were has ushered in new research for change -…
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
ADT appoints new Artistic Director, new staff join Circa, Craft ACT’s CEO resigns, and latest board appointments.
Stop-start arts
To vaccinate a nation of anxious people, how do you achieve a complex project management challenge while looking after everyone’s…
Arts funding in an interconnected ecology
A local council decision to cut funding echoes Federal Government’s ongoing slashing of the arts, according to David Pledger.
Creating a national arts plan
How can we get to a shared national plan for the arts? Kate Fielding, CEO of A New Approach, explains…
Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard, Belvoir
A classic story updated to interrogate race, gender and sexuality.
Book Review: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
A fractured fairytale exposing the thin line between love and control.