Writing and Publishing

This week's arts news and trending topics
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Book review: Suddenly Single at Sixty, Jo Peck
A splendid and heartfelt response to the oldest cliché in the book – the husband who leaves the writer for…

Book review: Depth of Field, Kirsty Iltners
A well told story that tackles the fallout from the fallibility of memory.

Book review: Hurdy Gurdy, Jenny Ackland
A dystopian Australia sees women's bodies policed and subjugated.

Opportunities and awards
Creative Australia calling for peer assessors, plus winners of emerging musicians fellowships and more!

Book review: Nameless, Amanda Creely
War and its voiceless victims are the harrowing topics of this novel.

Book review: Chloé, Katrina Kell
A fictionalised exposé of the woman who modelled for the famous painting that hangs in Melbourne's Young and Jackson Hotel.

Thinking about aliens – The Blak Infinite envelops Fed Square this RISING
Behind the spaceships and bright lights in this RISING program of free events and installations lies a deeper story.

Further changes to Small Press Network
Further changes are afoot at the organisation that supports small press publishing.

Book review: Heartsease, Kate Kruimink
Sisterly bonds prevail in the fog of grief.