Writing and Publishing

The SBS Emerging Writers' Competition returns for a second chapter
The competition aims to discover new voices that reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia.

The next pivot: a digital response to disruption
The Australia Council’s new national Digital Culture Strategy aims to embed digital thinking in a whole-of-sector approach, via mentorships, residencies,…

‘Tell me how it ends’: 2021 Melbourne Writers Festival program revealed
At a time of uncertainty, does the end signal hope, despair, or simply a new beginning? This is the challenge…

Book Review: The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks
A young adult novel explores family dynamics in an alternate version of the Australian film industry.

Local and international: a joint venture between WA Writers and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
A partnership between the two organisations will bring literary powerhouses to Australian shores.

Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Entries open for $150,000 Moran Portrait Prize, 2022 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Commission, free Tasmania art studio, and shortlists announced…

Book review: The Airways by Jennifer Mills, Pan Macmillan
A ghost story about boundaries, contamination, and the porous corporeality of existence.

Book review: Upheaval, edited by Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, NewSouth Publishing
How the digital age destabilised and reshaped journalism.

The time is now: Climate awareness in museums is a must
CIMAM’s toolkit offers strategies and resources for museums to reduce their carbon footprint.

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Festival news in the wake of lockdowns, major survey of studio clay practice, new art space for Hobart, new theatre…