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![A brunette woman is lying face down on a pile of books with their pages splayed open.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/woman-bk-e1721097337207.jpg?w=310)
Book groups: community-building hubs
A shared love of literary treats can bring a community together.
![Writers' festivals. A tiny papercut man in black holding up a page of a book.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/book-6871220_12801.jpg?w=310)
5 tips to maximise your chances of being a guest at writers' festivals
It's not easy to find yourself on the invitation list of literary festivals, but here are some ideas worth trying.
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Literary Olympics: what wordsmith events would be on the program?
Imagine if there were an Olympics that favoured (bookish) brains over brawn. What would it look like?
![With the closure of Booktopia, the Austral;ian book industry is reeling.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/photo-1529473814998-077b4fec6770-e1720568859393.avif?w=310)
Booktopia is poised to collapse – what next?
Booktopia, Australia's largest online book retailer, went into voluntary administration last week. The industry is reeling.
![A pale pink background. There is a large gold coin with the number 1 on it hanging above three piles of coins.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/pexels-ds-stories-72675721.jpg?w=310)
How did winning literary awards affect your life?
Whether it's validating your own work, buying more time to write more books or even changing the whole course of…
![A town hall event will audience and colourful lighting in room. City of Sydney.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/CityTalksJune2024-PhotosbyKatherineGriffiths-013.jpg?w=310)
What a $20 million lifeline for Sydney’s cultural life buys
‘Our creative workforce increasingly can’t afford to live or work here,’ Clover Moore, Lord Mayor. ArtsHub look at the City…
![Literary agent. Image is a young Caucasian person on the phone sitting at a desk and throwing pages in the air in frustration.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/daniil-onischenko-_B8kNj0ysZI-unsplash-11-e1716960976698.jpg?w=310)
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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Thinking about aliens – The Blak Infinite envelops Fed Square this RISING
Behind the spaceships and bright lights in this RISING program of free events and installations lies a deeper story.
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Autumn art reads
With the colder weather settling in, why not curl up with an art book? ArtsHub looks at the latest releases,…
![Technical writer. Bookshelves full of colour coded files or bound reports. Along the top shelf are blue, green, lime and yellow ones. On the bottom grey and white.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/maarten-van-den-heuvel-8EzNkvLQosk-unsplash-11-e1715219133949.jpg?w=310)
Do you have what it takes to be a technical writer?
Are you very analytical, with an excellent grasp of communicating in plain English? You may be a good fit for…