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SPN's 2020 Book of the Year Award goes to Tasmanian essayist
Pete Hay's Forgotten Corners: Essays in Search of an Island’s Soul has been awarded The Small Press Network's Book of…
Why we need an Australian poet laureate in 2021
Poetry tells the story of a country and its people, so why doesn’t Australia support this artform? Andy Jackson thinks…
No Friend But The Mountains transformed into song cycle
Behrouz Boochani’s award-winning novel has been turned into a symphonic song cycle by composer Luke Styles and will have its world premiere at…
Strengthening performing arts touring the focus of new advisory group
Expressions of interest from people wishing to join the Touring Advisory Group, to be co-convened by Regional Arts Australia and…
Vale 2020: Saluting those we lost this year
We salute the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2020.
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
ACT Writers Centre appoints new CEO while National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s CEO steps down, Chunky Move appoint…
RISE opens door to thriving future as more funding allocated in TAS and QLD
The drip-feeding of announcements continues this week, with Dark Mofo and La Boite Theatre Company being the latest recipients of…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
ACMI's re-opening date, subsidised studios for artists, Poetry in Action gets support, opera back in the House and on the…
NAS gets $18M from NSW government
The National Art School received over $18 million from the state government for critical maintenance of its 200-year old building's…
13 non-COVID buzzwords for the arts in 2020
Our language tells us a lot about who we are, so what did 2020 say, outside the trending COVID-slang?