Australia
How to win a writing prize
Former winners and honorees of the Monash Prize share their tips on entering a literary competition.
Reality in Flames: modern Australian art and the Second World War
Greater academic rigour is needed if the War Memorial is to be taken seriously as an art institution.
Clare Wright: The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
Wright dispels the myth of the Victorian goldfields as an exclusively masculine domain through the re-telling of the gold rush.
Classic chance to head north
The 24th Australian Festival of Chamber Music provides the perfect chance to escape a dreary winter.
Celebrating the act of giving
A woman’s life of philanthropy continues to bestow help and inspiration for the arts
Kylie’s dancers expected to work for free
Dancers shooting a video with Kylie Minogue in Melbourne today were told by a major US-label that there was no…
Why Shakespeare still matters
To celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Australia's leading exponent asks why actors and audiences still love the Bard.
Hannah Kent: Burial Rites
Kent succeeds in offering up a fascinating, rich character and leaves it up to the reader to decide how to…
NSW Arts a reshuffle casualty
The new Premier of NSW, Mike Baird, has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, and the Arts Ministry was among the changes.
Anna Krien: Night Games - Sex, Power and Sport
The author documents a fascinating, protected and sometimes horrifying subculture that has not changed with the times.