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This week's award announcements
Authors, poets, comedians, playwrights and journalists have all been honoured for their work this week, in award ceremonies at home…

NSW Arts and Cultural Policy gets into gear
Not to be left behind federal and local politics, the state of NSW is gearing up to announce a landmark…

A billion bucks from teacher handouts
Writers, publishers and artists have received almost $1 billion of copyright payments from educators since the Copyright Agency was founded…

Arts Centre Melbourne to acquire national opera archive
Opera Australia has agreed to donate a portion of its archives to Arts Centre Melbourne for foyer audiences to enjoy.

Overseas performers agreement close - but only for some
Actors Equity is close to agreement with the subsidised theatre sector over overseas performers but no comprehensive deal is on…

How to make friends and influence people at EWF
We speak to the new Emerging Writers' Festival director about staying up late, yoga, literary rockstars and the importance of…

Booki.sh without the books
Booksellers will lose out as Australian innovation Booki.sh, swallowed up by a US corporation, decides it will no longer sell…

The copybook of copies: Fabulous Follies, Frauds and Fakes
Robert Baines' latest book is a wonderful antidote to the pomposity that sometimes replaces scholarship in the high art discourse.

What we know and what we need to know
The Australia Council ArtFacts reveals important information about visual arts but leaves some major questions unanswered.

Australian appointed as Guggenheim curator
The new Curator of Chinese art at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum comes from the Australian Centre for Asian Art and…