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Text Publishing joins Penguin Random House

The two publishing houses have joined forces.

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Guitarist, vocalist and co-founder Stuart Braithwaite is second from the left. The photo shows four middle-aged, fair-skinned men reflected in two large wall-mounted mirrors.
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Mogwai’s new album 'The Bad Fire' transforms trauma into art

Stuart Braithwaite, co-founder of post-rock titans Mogwai, reflects on the personal pain that helped shape the Scottish band’s 11th studio…

A collage of APRA Professional Development Awards finalists, featuring cropped headshots. L to R: BARKAA (an Australian First Nations woman with dark skin, a high tight pony tail and a bold makeup look), Becca Hatch (a woman with light tan skin and curly brown hair, resting her head on her hand), Harvey Sutherland (a man with pale skin, blue eyes and brown short ahir, wearing a white top looking to the side), Gabriel Strum (a man with pale skin, wearing a cap and round glasses, smiling at the camera), Charlie Collins (a black and white photo of a woman with dark skin and dark hair, her hands resting face up and sitting in a cross legged position.
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Opportunities and awards

$130,000 portrait prize open for entries, plus winners of the Sydney Theatre Awards, finalists of the Novel Prize, and more!

theatre audiences: Four elderly female actors sitting onstage on chairs amongst long grass against a black backdrop.
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Profits or losses for state theatre companies five years on from COVID?

What do the balance sheets of some of our flagship theatre companies tell us about how they are building back?

Interior cutout of a two-storey house in a production of 'The Barber of Seville'. There are people crowded in each room.
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Opera review: The Barber of Seville, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Fast-paced and hilarious, Opera Australia’s 'The Barber of Seville' will please opera buffs and newcomers alike. 

‘Joy’, installation view at Immigration Museum. Photo: ArtsHub. A corridor with neon plastic mobiles hanging overhead that reflect light onto both sides of the walls. The space is lit in purple light with more shaped mirrors at the end of the corridor.
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13 cracker museum exhibitions in 2025

Shift your perspective on the world in 2025, and visit a museum. Here are 13 hot shows for the diary.

Competitions. A digitally rendered 3D competition showing surreal objects that appear to be a tabletop setting.
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Prizes and competitions to enter in 2025

A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing, periodically updated.

Bob Dylan is one of the most covered artists of all time, but Australian musicians have several stand out tracks.
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The best Australian covers of iconic Bob Dylan songs

'It ain't me babe'... when it comes to Bob Dylan covers, Australian artists have recorded some rippers.

A painting by Phoebe Stone that shows an oil tanker in black and red rust colour with the words 'Serene Sea' on its hull.
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The accidental artist becomes a winner

The Remagine Art Prize, with its environmental consciousness-raising objective, scouts for new talent in 2025.

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Performance review: The Game, FRINGE WORLD

Power and misogyny portrayed in this multimedia show about Australian Women's Football.

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