Writing and Publishing
Melbourne Rare Book Week returns
The annual festival showcases an array of events that highlight rare books, first editions and historical artefacts from around the…
Book review: The Theory of Everything, Yumna Kassab
Ambitious and far-ranging in scope, the book defies easy categorisation.
Book review: The Good Daughter, Kumi Taguchi
A memoir of the SBS journalist's struggle to understand her Japanese heritage.
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…
Opportunities and awards
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award open for entries, city council funding available, plus winner of the Fogarty Literary Award in WA…
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,…
20 pub quiz literary questions
How many of these bookish answers do you know?
Book review: Wait Here, Lucy Nelson
A collection of stories exploring the topic of childlessness.
Book review: Joss: A History, Grace Yee
Yee's book pays tribute to early Chinese settlers in Australia and New Zealand.
Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić
Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.