Writing and Publishing
Is it already too late for the Godzilla festivals?
With arts festival programs becoming monstrously large, perhaps it’s time to step back and consider the beauty of a smaller…
What’s past is prologue – arts leadership today
The changing face of arts leadership calls for a fresh approach towards finding common ground among new audiences.
Australia Council Strategic Plan: where is the detail?
There is precious little detail in the Australia Council's new Strategic Plan, and big questions remain.
The days the city stood still
A mobile app will take users on an immersive journey into one of Sydney’s greatest social disasters of the 20th…
The freshest 60-year-old on the block
The left haven’t disappeared in Australia – they’ve just moved Overland.
Emerging Writers Festival expands to Adelaide
Firmly focused on writers instead of readers, this hands-on festival aims to energise Adelaide’s already active literary culture.
Synaesthesia+
A two-day sensory wonderland overtook MONA during Synaesthesia+.
Australia Council has turned its Grants Program on its head
They said they’d listened; and yesterday they delivered. The AusCo’s restructured Grants Program is less convoluted but lacks detail. How…
Melbourne writer appointed as inaugural Director of UNESCO City of Literature
The new appointee will work with Melbourne's existing literary organisations to strengthen the city's status and activities.
Sleepless in Hobart: MONA's summer shoutout
Australia's contemporary art mecca, Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art, has announced the dates for summer festival MOFO.