Writing and Publishing
Kids teach museums how to play
Museum Victoria consulted more than 600 experts to create its new Children's Gallery and 500 of them were kids. Now…
Finding hope for Indigenous arts
An Indigenous Festival director is using the psychology of hope to reframe cultural exchange.
Michelangelo and Picasso did it; now your kids can too
School holiday camp has been reimagined for budding artists, offering learning in an art school environment with NAS’s new Future…
Five women, three men honoured in Australia Council awards
Novelist Kate Grenville, audio artist Madeleine Flynn and theatre director Rosemary Myers are among the eight recipients of the prestigious…
Inspirational quotes for strong women
Sources of strength from Lady Gaga, JK Rowling, Georgia O'Keefe and many others.
We still need a room of our own (or at least a Facebook group)
Chick lit, authoress, woman writer - we often shudder at the application of gender labels. Can women claim these terms…
Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson
This book opens with a moving and subtle account of an accident.
PIAF: Perth Writers Festival
A high point of Perth International Arts Festival is the Writers Festival.
Purple prose in a sea of pink pussy hats
Once more unto the breeches: a feminist mounts a defence of romance fiction, renovated for the 21st century.
Avoiding a war of taste
When selling art, there is a difficult balance between guiding clients to choose the right work and not imposing your…