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Short fiction is getting a whole lot bigger
Australian Book Review will announce the winner of the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize at the launch of their Fiction…
Cardboard architect wins Victoria fellowship
The humble cardboard will leave the fold and journey overseas with new award.
AusCo rescinds on standing six-year funding agreements
Disadvantaged communities in the small-medium sector will be greatly affected as AusCo cuts back funding approval period by half.
Should arts funding be indexed to the consumer price index?
Some states do it and some states don’t. But just how significant is indexation and are there viable alternatives?
Designing productive cities
Rating fifth in the World's Most Liveable Cities, the City of Spires will host the 7th International Urban Design Conference.
The lives and sorrows of the war-torn
Opening Saturday, Melbourne Museum's new exhibition tells century-old personal stories of war with 21st-century technology.
Bemusement park
As three US museums join Snapchat, award-winning Museum Victoria rejects suggestions that museums are becoming theme parks.
Just how open is open source?
While art institutions across the globe provide access to high-res image collections, Australian galleries are slow on the uptake.
In this warm jasmine dusk …
Sydney poet Helen Thurloe takes out $7000 literature prize.
Craigieburn library wins international accolade
An Australian library takes out an architectural award initiated by the Danish Agency for Culture.