Writing and Publishing
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…
Opportunities and awards
New jewellery prize and songwriter awards, plus winners of humour writing, and more!
Book review: I want everything, Dominic Amerena
A debut that tracks authorship and authenticity and the vagaries of the writing life.
Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week: famous opening lines, Venice Biennale curator's death, a 75-25 arts space…
Book review: The Victoria Principle, Michael Farrell
A captivating mix of stories, opinions, reminiscences, jokes and unexpected delights – this brilliant collection defies categorisation.
Book review: The Players, Deborah Pike
Youthful connections span time and continents.
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
The prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist for 2025 features 10 diverse novels from across Australia.
Banning books and rewriting history is no longer a dystopian future
What can we do when the dystopian future becomes the dystopian present?
Baking bad: what a cookbook stoush tells us about creative plagiarism
When does inspiration become 'plagiarism'? The latest stoush between famed cookbook authors serves as an important case study.
Book review: Always Home, Always Homesick, Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent's first non-fiction book retreads the grounds of her Iceland-set bestseller, 'Burial Rites.'