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NAIDOC Week 2026: First Nations documentaries, shows & films for your watchlist

Celebrate First Nations culture with this NAIDOC Week watchlist.

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In the limelight: latest arts prize winners and career milestones

This month, we celebrate Mike Hewson's successful exhibition, the artists heading off to Lyon, and the winner of the FUSE…

Poetry Month 2026 international guest Jericho Brown (US). The photo shows a Black American man standing in a half-crouched position with tall grass growing behind him.
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All the world’s a page: Poetry Month 2026 program revealed

Poetry Month 2026, presented by Red Room Poetry, is coming to a library, billboard, computer screen or Opera House near…

Blak & Bright. Photo: James Henry.
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Blak & Bright Writers Festival 2026: Evelyn Araluen and Tony Armstrong announced

The first guests announced for the 2026 Blak & Bright Festival include Tony Birch and Brooke Blurton.

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Australian video game spending rose 12% in 2025 to $4.2 billion

Despite tough times for the industry, consumers are spending again thanks to the release of popular new video game titles…

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Australian cinema guide: what’s on at the movies July 2026

Discover all the blockbusters and indie flicks you'll be able to watch in Australian cinemas this July.

Josephine Rowe is shortlisted for the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Little World. Photo: Dom Krapski.
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Miles Franklin Literary Award: the 6 shortlisted books for 2026

The six novels shortlisted for the Miles Franklin include Josephine Rowe's Little World and Randa Abdel-Fattah's Discipline.

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

This week’s arts sector appointments include a new Artistic Director at Darwin Festival and the departure of one of Rising’s…

William Basinski will perform in Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building as part of Now or Never 2026. Image: Supplied.
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Now or Never returns this winter to Melbourne

Major highlights have been announced for the upcoming Now or Never festival in Melbourne.

Noongar composer Aaron Wyatt in a promotional image for Decolonising the Bells, his collaboration with Speak Percussion, which premieres at Kindred People in September. An Aboriginal man with long hair, a short grey beard and glasses, faces the camera. We wears a kangaroo-skin cloak and holds a handbell in one hand and a painted stick in the other.
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First Nations festival Kindred People joins Melbourne’s crowded arts calendar

Presented by Monash University, the new festival will run biennially if its first iteration is a success.

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