Writing and Publishing

Greens double commitment to arts
The Greens have called for another $10 million in annual funding for the Arts, this time directed to Regional Australia.

Fringe making money for Adelaide
Adelaide Fringe is celebrating a spike in economic impact but Vivid Sydney is finding crowd-control challenges in its success.

New Russian legislation gags artists
In the wake of the Pussy Riot saga Russia has passed a bill to hand out jail terms to those…

Complaints as Vivid victim of own success
Crowd control failures marred the spectacular success of Vivid Sydney.

The new censorship: a campaign against arts funding?
Was the police raid on Paul Yore's Linden Centre exhibition really the start of a right-wing campaign against arts funding?

$1500 opportunity for writers with a disability
The CAL Connections project is seeking essays from emerging writers from marginalised or under-represented backgrounds.

New initiative for Indigenous musicians set to open in Broome
Program aims to strengthen links between Indigenous and mainstream music industry and assist in establishing long-term careers.

Proposed regulations ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’
The Australian Commercial Galleries Association believes that considered measures to protect artists could be too extreme.

Damien Hirst among $6million art auction investors
The online art auction business Paddle8 has raised $6 million from a group of high profile arts investors.

Alli Sebastian Wolf wins SOYA Written Word category
The Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards has revealed the 2013 Written Word winner.