Writing and Publishing
Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, announces first Australian tour in 2026
An Evening With Steven Pinker will dive into Steven Pinker's latest book on the hidden power of common knowledge.
Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration
Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.
Skibidi, work-spouse, mouse-jiggler: what Cambridge Dictionary's new words tell us
Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 new words – but what do they tell us about cultural changes?
Best new books September 2025
Discover the best new books to read in September with this guide.
Bendigo Writers Festival: when risk management becomes censorship
The unfortunate situation at Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend is yet another example of cultural leadership failure.
Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level
Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-24 August 2025
New nature writing prize, $10,000 for emerging singer-songwriters, mural commission, WA grant funding and more opportunities.
Bendigo Writers Festival has questions to answer over code of conduct
At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival…
Bendigo Writers Festival 2025: why we cancelled our panel
33 writers have cancelled their appearances at Bendigo Writers Festival in protest over a last-minute request to sign a ‘self-censoring’…
Wenona Byrne: 5 questions for Writing Australia's new director
Wenona Byrne discusses some of the ins and outs of her new position as Director of Writing Australia.