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Best new children’s & young adults books September 2025

Discover the best new children's & young adult books published in September 2025 with this guide.

Paul Dalgarno

Aug 23, 2025
Quiet Riot's 'Power Move', the Civic Commission at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe. The image shows five young people, blurred my movement as they dance inside a colourful, monolithic art installation at Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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Melburnians urged to become action heroes at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe

Members of the public are encouraged to embrace participatory art experiences and generate change at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Richard Watts

Aug 22, 2025
Your guide to the best new poetry in September 2025. Image: Meris on Unsplash.
Features

Best new poetry books September 2025

Discover the best new poetry collections published in 2025 with this guide.

Paul Dalgarno

Aug 22, 2025
Undercover Artist Festival. Image: Morgan Roberts.
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Undercover Artist Festival: meet the stars and crew who bring it to life

In its tenth year, the Undercover Artist Festival continues to showcase performers with a disability – and wow audiences.

Charmaine Idris

Aug 21, 2025
arts students: A photo of two young female university students walking while carrying their books in an open walkway on a university campus.
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Australian arts students unable to get US visas for study exchange

Four Bachelor of Arts (Dance) students at WAAPA have had to cancel their U.S. study exchange plans due to the…

Jo Pickup

Aug 21, 2025
A publicity image for 'Influencer'. a Junction Arts Festival dance production about social media. The image shows a group of people half-visible in a cloud of theatrical smoke: a pasted-on photo of a blonde-haired woman obscures one of the faces, which has a male figure in a brown coat and red beanie holding up a ring-light in front of them.
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Junction Arts Festival's 2025 program celebrates Launceston culture

Celebrating Launceston-based companies and artists, Junction also draws in mainland performers and musicians from across Tasmania.

Richard Watts

Aug 21, 2025
Best new non-fiction. Image: Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra on Unsplash.
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Best new non-fiction books September 2025

Your guide to the best new non-fiction published in September 2025.

Thuy On

Aug 21, 2025
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Fallout from the Bendigo Writers Festival continues. Image: Kristina Flour on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Bendigo Writers Festival: when risk management becomes censorship

The unfortunate situation at Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend is yet another example of cultural leadership failure.

Samuel Cairnduff
The Bendigo Writers Festival has had to cancel several of its sessions. Image: Matthew Henry on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Bendigo Writers Festival has questions to answer over code of conduct

At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival…

The Conversation
Two people are sitting facing the audience with their backs to the viewer. There is a table between them. They are in mid-conversation.
Opinions & Analysis

Bendigo Writers Festival 2025: why we cancelled our panel

33 writers have cancelled their appearances at Bendigo Writers Festival in protest over a last-minute request to sign a ‘self-censoring’…

Kate Larsen
AI and artists. Image: Kyle Head on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

AI and artists: will anyone care when human creativity is usurped?

Perhaps the scariest thing about AI and artists isn’t that it will do creators out of their jobs but that…

Patrick Stokes
man in white t-shirt holding open wallet with no money. Poverty line artists
Opinions & Analysis

‘I’m tired of barely being paid.’ Artists are living below the poverty line

Did artists feel the recent indexed wage increase? No. They largely remain on the poverty line. And this week’s speculated…

Gina Fairley

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Thomas Vowles, author of Our New Gods. Image: UQP.

Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review: a sexy queer debut novel set in Melbourne

Our New Gods moves what could have been a predictable coming-of-age story in an exciting new direction.

The Conversation

Aug 22, 2025
A gallery wall painted blue, orange, white and yellow (in that order) showcasing a series of different artworks at Artbank.
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Artbank On Display review: 45 years worth celebrating

More showroom than exhibition, 'On Display' offers a glimpse into the calibre of Artbank’s collection and is testament to its…

Celina Lei

Aug 21, 2025
Three women manipulating two bird puppets in a production of Lost and Finding.
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Lost and Finding review: raw energy at Flight Path Theatre

Lost and Finding is a fantastical comedy with a sense of adventure (and puppets).

Sharon Willdin

Aug 19, 2025
Rhett Davis, a profile photo of a man with short grey hair. Author of Arborescence.
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Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level

Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.

Erich Mayer

Aug 18, 2025
Small black and white photographers arranged in two clusters on either side of two mirrors, each with a small photographer in the centre. Man Ray and Max Dupain at Heide.
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Man Ray and Max Dupain review: an exhibition exploring two important 20th century artists

Man Ray and Max Dupain's photographic works span still life, nudes, portraits, fashion and advertising.

Mem Capp

Aug 14, 2025

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A profile photo of a man with brown hair, a dark suit and blue tie. He is smiling. Michael Sterzinger, CEO of Queensland Symphony Orchestra. QSO
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CEO Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) – so you want my arts job?

Michael Sterzinger explains how he went from life as a tuba player in the Bavarian Youth Orchestra to being CEO…

Thuy On
Drawing of a pair of lungs. Silicosis
Features

Is my studio practice killing me? Understanding the impact of silicosis 

Tips for ceramists and glass artists to protect against the deadly studio enemy of silicosis.

Gina Fairley
A middle-aged First Nations man wearing a khaki shirt looking towards the camera in a neutral but friendly expression.
Q&A

Bangarra Rehearsal Director – so you want my arts job?

Rehearsal Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre shares his transition from performer to leader, and why culture matters.

Celina Lei
Felicity (Flick) Chafer Smith and Matty Chilly, Indigenous Arts Officers at The Torch. Two portrait photos rendered in black and white on a gradient orange background.
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Indigenous Arts Officer – so you want my arts job?

Two Indigenous Arts Officers at The Torch share how they empower incarcerated mob through art and why they love their…

Celina Lei
drawing of a woman at desk with a small child working on computer with easel nearby. Parenting in the arts.
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Parenting in the arts: NAVA sets some workplace rules

NAVA is updating its Code of Practice to include ethical and professional guidelines of inclusive practices for artist parents.

Gina Fairley

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