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The wild ride of ideas in Byron Bay
BYRON BAY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: This will be Director, Jenni Caffin’s fourth and last festival before she hands over the reigns…

Noel Staunton's Brisbane Festival
Noel Staunton is a highly esteemed arts producer, who has worked successfully in the Australian arts scene for the past…

Sharman Pretty: From Start to Finish
VCAM: Since funding cuts in 2005 the VCA began a tumultuous journey of mergers and staff cuts and their continuation…

Kate Jennings:Exposing distant parts
MILDURA WRITERS' FESTIVAL: Kate Jennings walks into the hotel foyer for our interview with eyes sweeping for contact, her iPad…

Don Watson: Language Lost
MILDURA WRITERS FESTIVAL: Don Watson has been thinking about language for a long time. And he doesn't like what's been…

The Arts Vote: the Garrett years so far
ARTISTIC VOTING: Taking Stock of the Garrett years. As speculation mounts on how soon a federal election will be it…

The experimental Alex Rathgeber
ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL - Music theatre talent, Alex Rathgeber is bringing a seductive new solo show to the Adelaide Cabaret…

Havin' a Hootenanny with Mark Nadler
ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL: The effervescent Mark Nadler is hitting Adelaide's Cabaret Festival for the third time this year with his…

The Divine Deveny
OPINION: On Wednesday night as part of the Emerging Writers Festival Catherine Deveny, former Age columnist was a special extra…

Emerging writers you should know
EMERGING WRITERS' FESTIVAL: Philip Thiel, Loreli Vashti, Daniel Ducrou, Hoa Pham, Joel Magarey: Know who these emerging writers are? You…