Writing and Publishing

Gurrumul to headline Barunga Festival 2013
Australia’s largest remote community festival promises to be bigger and better than ever due to new festival directors.

Foreign Soil: Unpublished Manuscript Award winner announced
Yarraville writer Maxine Beneba Clarke wins Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for her collection of short stories.

Paul Blackmore
Paul Blackmore is a Sydney based photographer who's work investigates the depth of human relationships in all their forms.

Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize
New York-based Lydia Davis has been awarded the fifth Man Booker International Prize 2013.

Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change The World
Sydney radio presenter Alan Jones' infamous comment that women are destroying the joint inadvertently gave rise to a new movement.

Stories from the streets
A new type of literature is taking stories from the page and spreading them through the city's streets and galleries.

Whirlwind of creative culture takes over City of Perth
The City of Perth's Winter Season 2013 sees an estimate of 200 events from WA’s leading and up-and-comers in the…

New chair for NIDA Board
Jennifer Bott has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Maitland Regional Art Gallery sweeps Museum Awards
Maitland Regional Art Gallery sweeps Museum Awards

People not just things
The Australia Council chairman makes a plea for valuing guides and their relationship with the public, not just collections.