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The Johnston Collection

DOUBLE LECTURE AND AFTERNOON TEA: Inspiring Female Authors. Jane Austen and Fanny Burney with Susannah Fullerton

Join Susannah Fullerton for a fascinating double lecture about literary inspirations Jane Austen and Fanny Burney, accompanied by an afternoon…

Fellowships

Red Room Poetry

Red Room Fellowship

In partnership with Varuna – the National Writers House, the Red Room Poetry Fellowship supports six poets to deeply engage with…

Info Sessions

Sue Ellson

Book Marketing for Authors – Website, Social, Chat – What to do and why!

Have you created a book – and had it independently or traditionally published? Are you now wondering how to market…

Info Sessions

Redhot Arts

FAR OUT: online writers' meet

FAR OUT! is a free, fortnightly online writers' meet for folks who want to dedicate semi-regular time to their writing…

Two panels; On the left is the writer Anna Go-Go, who is wearing a black and red print top and holding onto her black and white cat. On the right is the cover of her book. It's pink and features Anna Go-Go wearing pink and black leopard print top holding onto a tabby cat.
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Book review: Cat Lady Manifesto, Anna Go-Go

A jaunt through the history of that most maligned trope, 'the (crazy) cat lady', and a reclamation of its power.

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Mentorships

State Library of Queensalnd

2025 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships | Win $15,000 and a publishing opportunity

Are you a deadly writer? Win $15,000 and a publishing opportunity.

John Marsden, an man with grey hair and a red jumper smiling. There are shelves of books behind him.
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Vale John Marsden

John Marsden, the author of the award-winning, best-selling YA 'Tomorrow' series, has died at 74.

Two panels. On the left is writer John Merkel. He has dark hair and is wearing a dark jacket with green shirt. On the right is the cover of the book 'Tomorrow There Will Be Sun', with an illustration of rising suns.
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Book review: Tomorrow There Will Be Sun: A Hope Prize Anthology, various authors

These excellent short stories reveal both the evil and the good in humanity.

Typewriter with a paper displaying “AI ETHICS” in capital letters.
Features

AI is ‘disrupting’ book publishing: do we want its 'art'?

The embrace of AI may produce some useful innovations and efficiencies in publishing, but will also impact on people working…

2024 Queensland Regional Art Awards, Emerging Artist Award winner, Teddy Horton, for 'Stars Align'. A black and white image of a cowboy chasing a ufo.
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Opportunities and awards

EOIs open for Melbourne Design Week and NT Performing Arts Development, plus winner of Emerging Playwright Commission, and more!

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