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What makes bookshops so valuable?
In a year when we all reassessed what was valuable (remember the run on toilet paper?) local bookshops came to…

Writers represent the arts’ fragility at Parliamentary Inquiry
At the first hearing at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the arts, three writers and a literary journal editor told of…

Vale Ania Walwicz
Australia’s writing community was shocked to hear of the death of Dr Ania Walwicz, writer, poet, performer and teacher, who…

Why you should make a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the arts
With the announcement of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Arts during COVID, you might be wondering how to make a…

Arts for all – The ArtsHubbub looks at making the arts more accessible
In our longest podcast so far we look at the barriers that stop many from participating in the art, especially…

Book review: Ghost Species by James Bradley
In his latest novel, James Bradley asks what it is to be human by resurrecting Neanderthals in a collapsing world.

Tara June Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin award
Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch has won one of Australia's most prestigious awards for her novel The Yield.

Exit Interview: Ashleigh Wilson, Arts Editor at The Australian
As he leaves The Australian, Ashleigh Wilson wraps up two decades with the paper, half of which was spent shaping…

Exit Interview: Michael Williams, Wheeler Centre Director
With his departure from the Wheeler Centre, Michael Williams leaves the organisation that he helped establish and has led for…

Arts Ministers meet on coronavirus impact
Australia's State and Federal arts ministers have met today on how to limit the impact of the coronavirus on the…