Writing and Publishing
![Noel McKenna, ‘William Nuttall with horses in field’, 2023 (detail). Image: Supplied. Painting with soft blues and greens depicting a serene landscape of a couple of horses with one human figure petting the head of a horse.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/r106-s191-0218744jpg-e1719276443498.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Call for artworks from refugee artists, plus winners at National Portrait Gallery, recipients of the Regional Arts Fund and more!
![Two panels. On the left is a headshot of man with brown hair and a stubble. On the right is the cover of a book with 'Fool Me Twice' in yellow against a red background. "Benjamin Stevenson' is printed upside down.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/jam.jpg?w=310)
Book review, Fool Me Twice, Benjamin Stevenson
Two baffling mysteries in one book, one featuring a kidnapping, the other a reality TV show.
![Two panels. The left shows a photo of an Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a white dress and carrying a pink rose. The right panel shows the book cover of 'Safe' Space, which is pink.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/win.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Safe Space, Alyssa Huynh
A memoir that tracks the author's lived experience with racism as an Asian-Australian woman.
![Two panels. On the left is the cover of the book with 'The Work' written on a diagonal slant in white and yellow against a skyscraper background. On the right is a blonde woman wearing a white blouse standing against large window panes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/lee.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Work, Bri Lee
Old and new art mix with old and new values in this debut novel from Bri Lee.
![Festival of Dangerous Ideas return to Carriageworks. Photo: Courtesy of FODI. A chaotic stage with a person wearing an earth globe on its head and the signs ‘it doesn’t have to be THE END’.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4225.jpeg?w=310)
Can a festival provoke for all the best reasons?
At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, nothing seems to be off the table – from a meditation on genocide to…
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5 tips to launch your book
The end road to publication is here, so now it's time to plan a party for your book's first public…
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This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
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Creativity boost as university partners with Island magazine Â
A new collaboration will see benefits flow to writing students.
![Darling Portrait Prize 2024 Art Handlers' Award winner, Nena Salobir, 'Self Portrait on Washcloth', 2024. Image: Supplied. The residue of makeup such as mascara and lipstick made an imprint on a white washcloth.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/i17937-e1718692780385.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Entries open for digital literary award, plus winners of Art Handlers' Awards at the National Portrait Gallery and Creative Australia…
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What a $20 million lifeline for Sydney’s cultural life buys
‘Our creative workforce increasingly can’t afford to live or work here,’ Clover Moore, Lord Mayor. ArtsHub look at the City…