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5 tips for finding a literary agent
So you have your manuscript ready, but how do you go about finding an agent to represent you?
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This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
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Nature as muse in children's literature: 2024 award shortlists
Discover the writers and illustrators nominated for the Environmental and Karajia Awards for Children's Literature.
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Literary orgs partner to present new festival
The inaugural Liminal Festival will take place in August at the Wheeler Centre, offering both in-person and online events.
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Questions raised over ‘Simpler. Fairer. Faster.’ arts funding model
Create NSW has announced a new approach to its arts funding model, but first reactions say it favours competitiveness over…
![Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2024 Icon Award winner, Reuben Kaye in Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. Photo: Claudio Raschella. Kaye is in a black suit set with a low neckline, wearing heavy makeup and his hair sleeked back. He is sitting down with a big smile and gesturing with his hands.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Reuben-Kaye-Photo-by-Claudio-Raschella-2-e1718070083845.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Entries open for photographic and writer's awards, new commissions, First Nations recording grants, and more!
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Appalling lack of King's Birthday Honours for the arts
Where are the artists? ArtsHub takes a look at this year's King's List Honours to gauge how the arts were…
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5 pitching tips for freelance writers
How do you pitch your story ideas in the most efficient way possible and with the greatest chance of success?
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This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
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Book review: Suddenly Single at Sixty, Jo Peck
A splendid and heartfelt response to the oldest cliché in the book – the husband who leaves the writer for…