Writing and Publishing
The Island of Last Things review: Emma Sloley's book is about the last zoo in the world
The Island of Last Things asks what you would be prepared to risk for a better world.
A Catalogue of Love review: Erin Hortle's novel is a coming-of-age story set in Tasmania
A Catalogue of Love invites readers to think about the social and biological burdens on women.
U Want it Darker review: Murray Middleton's quietly heroic stories
Murray Middleton’s ‘artists in despair’ are not simply failures in U Want it Darker.
Queensland Literary Awards announces delayed shortlist after judges' mass resignation in May
The Queensland Literary Awards have announced their 2025 shortlist. A delay was caused by a mass resignation of judges, protesting…
Tenderfoot review: Toni Jordan's engrossing page-turning saga
Tenderfoot is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Andie Tanner as remembered by her very much older self.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 8-14 September 2025
Callout for nature photography, NGV Top Arts, funding open for WA and Gold Coast artists plus more opportunities.
Meanjin: bean counting misses the intangible value of reading and imagining
The closure of Australia's second oldest literary journal Meanjin contradicts Melbourne's stance as a UNESCO City of Literature.
Meanjin, Australia's second oldest literary journal, to close
The last edition of Meanjin will be published in December, 'the board having found it no longer viable to produce…
From darning socks to licking rocks: I watched every movie with a female geologist and here’s what I learned
Verity Borthwick, author of Hollow Air, watched 25 films featuring female geologists and unearthed some rock-solid stereotypes.
Jack Edwards is becoming one of the most important figures in publishing
Still in his twenties, Jack Edwards has quickly become the UK's refined arbiter of good taste in literature.