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Bakers Lane Books launches with $10,000 prize to support emerging women writers

A new kid on the block promises to amply Australian women's voices.

A woman in black with blue glasses sitting against a grey wall. Performer of 'My Cousin Frank'.
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My Cousin Frank review: Rhoda Roberts engages at Arts Centre Melbourne

A tribute to the first Aboriginal person to represent Australia at the Olympics.

A man with a stuffed suitcase of playing cards running away from another man in an orange high vis vest. Working class magician
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Working Class Magician: Rehired review – staged with safety in mind

Working Class Magician: Rehired features an inventive setup of a safety seminar for working magicians.

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Smokescreen review: smoke and mirrors theatre show in Melbourne

Smokescreen shows how tactics developed by the tobacco industry were used by the fossil fuel industry to delay action on…

A woman blindfolded and squatting with a knife. There are yellow and blue balloons around her. Waterloo
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Waterloo reviewed: Bron Batten does battle at Melbourne's Theatre Works

Waterloo at Theatre Works strides into the battlefield of ideas, politics and contemporary moral dilemmas.

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Curl up with these new art books this winter

15 books that beckon you to stay in … even on a sunny winter’s day.

Poster of animated film, 'Magic Beach' featuring a small wooden boat with three kids floating on a blue body of water. A sandy beach is in the background and another boy is swimming deep underwater, next to a jellyfish.
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From Oscars to the classroom – opportunities to animate your world

Take a hands-on approach with animation at Deakin University, where Oscar-nominated animator Anthony Lucas shares insights from the field.

A person with the word poetry on a white t-shirt. They are wearing jeans and holding a book. Poetry Month. Red Room Poetry.
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Poetry Month returns with nationwide coverage

Red Room's annual celebration returns to showcase the breadth of Australian poetry.

An abaonded shopping mall in pale concrete.
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New life for dead malls: artists transform abandoned shopping centres into creative hubs

As Australia's retail landscape shifts, artists are reimagining abandoned shopping centres as vibrant spaces for culture, creativity and community renewal.

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Tom Polo – in a part of your mind, i am you, Ngununggula review: gallery greatness

Tom Polo’s first major institutional solo exhibition is a cracker.

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