Writing and Publishing

Artists clamour for teaching jobs
Becoming an art teacher is an appealing option for artists but jobs are not easy to find.

State earns $226 million from musicals boom?
A boom in musicals brought as much money in as the Australian Open tennis and provided 3,000 jobs.

15 useful tools for writers
From boosting your productivity to cutting the clutter from your prose, these tools are helping writers.

Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies
Indigenous Arts needs its own peak bodies to enable specific outcomes to the Indigenous sector that the mainstream arts cannot…

How your anxiety is affecting your creativity
'Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity', wrote TS Eliot. But modern research shows the relationship is much more complicated.

Five questions to help you bounce back from grant rejection
Missing out on a grant can be frustrating and demoralising but asking the right questions can turn it into an…

Taking your art practice to the next level
In this video discussion, four gallery managers offer valuable advice on exhibiting and approaching galleries.

The impact of #ausvotesarts
The recent Federal election saw unprecedented coverage of the arts as a political issue, the outcomes of which may have…

Christos Tsiolkas, the 'blasphemous' artist and Barracuda
Australian author Christos Tsiolkas' critically-acclaimed novels and screenplays reflect our social and political responsibilities.
20 useful tools for writers
1. Twitter This might be obvious to some, but twitter can help. Hashtags like #wordcount and #amwriting can connect you…