Writing and Publishing

No Minister: An artist's encounter with Senator Brandis
Behind cocktails and canapes there was a fiery exchange at the Helpmann Awards this week.

You Don’t Have to Live Like This
Benjamin Markovits’ latest book is part utopian parable, part shrewd cautionary tale.

Cultural capitals: Brisbane
Join us each week for a trip around the Australia metropolitan arts scene, as our capital cities show us their…

Helping men get work-life balance can help everyone
Both men and women can benefit from an acceptance of the value of life outside work.

Job opportunities in the desert
Working in a remote art centre is proving to be a dynamic, viable and rewarding career for visual arts graduates…

Moneybag: latest money news
Regional artists and organisations are the recipients of funding across the country.

GST changes may not deliver for books and music
The Treasurer is moving to introduce GST on items bought online but will the threshold be low enough for books…

Get fracked: Call for Darwin Festival to drop Santos sponsorship
Santos' links to fracking in the NT have prompted artists to call for the Darwin Festival to drop the mining…

One door closes, another opens in Budget controversy
Submissions for the guidelines governing the controversial National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA) announced in the Budget close…

Bringing new writers into the public eye
A new literary prize will support creative work by emerging Victorian writers from migrant backgrounds in honour of the late…