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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: pub quiz literary questions, King’s Birthday Honours List, choosing a career…

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Career Advice

5 reasons artists struggle with burnout – and what to do about it

Understanding creative exhaustion – and how to recover from it. Here are five ways you can identify and combat burnout.

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Features

The broken midlist: why it’s harder than ever to be a ‘moderately successful’ author

Once the heart of the publishing industry, midlist authors now face dwindling advances, fading support, and a market obsessed with…

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Opinions & Analysis

A public or private sector career in the visual arts – which is the right one for you?

Moving from the public to the private sector in the visual arts is usually a one-way street, so make sure…

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: the story behind this year’s Vivid centrepiece, a massive 3D tapestry,…

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Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Festival Director of the Darwin Street Art Festival

Move over Melbourne! According to David Collins, Darwin is where it's at in terms of street art.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

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Career Advice

Managing your IP in the arts: a practical guide to help you stay safe

Artists are often rich in ideas but poor in IP protection. Here’s how to fix that.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: thriving regional arts, a thriving regional micro-arts business, ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’…

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Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Community Engagement and Programming

Loving books is just one prerequisite of this job. You need to be an excellent organiser as well, proficient at…

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