Australia
Bendigo Writers Festival: when risk management becomes censorship
The unfortunate situation at Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend is yet another example of cultural leadership failure.
Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level
Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-24 August 2025
New nature writing prize, $10,000 for emerging singer-songwriters, mural commission, WA grant funding and more opportunities.
Bendigo Writers Festival has questions to answer over code of conduct
At a time when journalists are being permanently silenced by Israel’s genocidal forces, it is incomprehensible that a writers’ festival…
Bendigo Writers Festival 2025: why we cancelled our panel
33 writers have cancelled their appearances at Bendigo Writers Festival in protest over a last-minute request to sign a ‘self-censoring’…
10 upcoming photography festivals across Australia and Asia
Photography is trending globally – from collectors to content creators. We look at what’s hot, and where to see it.
AI and artists: will anyone care when human creativity is usurped?
Perhaps the scariest thing about AI and artists isn’t that it will do creators out of their jobs but that…
Wenona Byrne: 5 questions for Writing Australia's new director
Wenona Byrne discusses some of the ins and outs of her new position as Director of Writing Australia.
Would That It Were a Fortress review: June Jones EP is a chrysalis
June Jones’ music is intensely personal, interrogating gender identity, mental health, disability and what healing might look like.
The 39 Steps review: Hitchcock gets the slapstick treatment
Hitchcock spy thriller meets Monty Python-style humour in The 39 Steps, a rollicking action-comedy.