Writing and Publishing
Book review: Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls by Anne Casey-Hardy
An assured debut collection of short stories for and about women.
This week's arts news you may have missed
What's on, what's in the headlines, and the latest program releases – to put you ahead of the game this…
Can arts funding be self-sustaining?
Inviting the sector to pitch in, new startup ArtsPay envisions the role it could have in paving the way to…
How autism shaped the poetry of Les Murray
Les Murray said his autism shaped his poetry; Amanda Tink reveals how Murray's later poems offer insights into his creative…
Opportunities and awards
Bluethumb Art Prize and SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition open for entries, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award announced and more.
Book review: Nimblefoot, Robert Drewe
Fact and fiction blend in this intriguing reimagining of a young athlete's life after his early successes in pedestrianism and…
Book review: After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz
A series of vignettes, featuring the reimagined lives of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers in the late 19th and early…
Book review: Red, Felicity McLean
A reimagining of the Ned Kelly myth through a contemporary female protagonist.
Opportunities and awards
$150,000 portrait prize open for entries, performing arts fellowship for travel, National Biography Award winners and more.
Book review, Raised By Wolves, Jess Ho
Lifting the lid on food and hospo culture.