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Praiseworthy indeed: Alexis Wright wins Miles Franklin Award 2024
Alexis Wright wins the most prestigious literary prize in Australia for the second time.
Book groups: community-building hubs
A shared love of literary treats can bring a community together.
Poetry Month 2024 goes international
This year, Poetry Month expands its remit to reach an overseas audience in a collaboration with a UK poetry and…
Artist-First art prize offers more support and fewer restrictions
The Basil Sellers Art Prize is pioneering cultural change in art prize practice with its Artist-First approach.
5 tips to maximise your chances of being a guest at writers' festivals
It's not easy to find yourself on the invitation list of literary festivals, but here are some ideas worth trying.
Circus review: Cirque Bon Bon, The Athenaeum
All the circus acts you know and expect, but with a Guinness World Record holding performer thrown in as well.
Literary Olympics: what wordsmith events would be on the program?
Imagine if there were an Olympics that favoured (bookish) brains over brawn. What would it look like?
Come in as a student leave as a professional
Studying for an MFA in Dramatic Writing offered opportunities not just for work, but also for life-long friends and collaborators.
How did winning literary awards affect your life?
Whether it's validating your own work, buying more time to write more books or even changing the whole course of…
Sonic and graphic review: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Scienceworks Planetarium
Pink Floyd's iconic album plays to space graphics in the immersive stereo surround of the Planetarium.