Described as a ‘gripping’ and ‘gothic’ novel, Evie Wyld’s The Bass Rock has taken out the prize for Australian women’s writing worth $50,000.

After hosting over 163 speakers and creating space for feminist writers and thinkers, the Feminist Writers Festival will close its doors due to funding constraints.

To be held in August every year, a new month-long national celebration of Australian poets has been created by Red Room Poetry.

Two new reports highlight the sustained financial, and psychological impacts on workers and artists in Victoria’s live events and music industries.

A musical celebration of the African-Australian diaspora, The Deep North, is told through a fusion of hip-hop, R’n’B, art, multimedia and more.