Australia

Why Victoria needs a real Centre for Youth Literature
Since the State Library of Victoria has "retired" the Centre for Youth Literature, Mike Shuttleworth argues that we should look…

Book Review: Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany
The strange and dangerous psychological space Tiffany inhabits focuses on small details that make up the whole.

On the Move: Latest appointments and departures
New Board members at Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Writers Festival’s new CEO, Arts House announces new GM, and more.

#justnotthatmany campaign spreads across social media
The #justnotthatmany campaign addresses the lack of diversity on Australian stages and screens by flipping the existing narrative in a…

Review: Shapes of Knowledge, MUMA
The first of its kind in Australia, this active exhibition is a collection of projects driven by artists from Australia,…

Book Review: What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
Guillaume's debut YA novel chooses to uplift rather than shoot teenagers in a barrel. And that's laudable.

Review: Wellness at The Butterfly Club
As part of The Butterfly Club's inaugural 1 Act Play Festival, this play is a series of semi-autobiographical vignettes from…

Review: The Australian Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet has been radically re-set in all manner of eras and communities, but this production’s simple shift of…

Review: Two, Riverside Theatres
An acting tour-de-force from Brian Meegan and Kate Raison as they take on 14 characters.

Facing the truth: ‘We remain a colonised country’
In her keynote speech at the Fair Play Symposium, First Nations curator Genevieve Grieves analyses what it means when we…