Writing and Publishing
Hanukkah 2021: Light will lead the way
During the Festival of Lights, there are plenty of events that celebrate the resilience and dedication of Jewish artists, creators…
Two books win the SPN Book of the Year Award 2021
Echoes and codes: experimental winners in the small press world of publishing.
Translating the language of animals
Author Laura Jean McKay looks at the way we write about the environment as a way of understanding it while…
Vale Doug MacLeod
MacLeod, whose career spanned children's books and musical theatre to television comedy, is much missed.
ICYMI: the week's arts news
The latest arts news, from festival updates, what's coming to our stages, and hitting the galleries this weekend.
Book review: Last Letter to a Reader, Gerald Murnane
Murnane delivers a 'constellation of ideas' in this collection of essays.
Book review: Devotion, Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s stunning third book is a queer love story that transcends time and space.
TV review: Books That Made Us
This ABC and Blackfella Films production tries to get books back on the box but focuses too much on celebrity.
Opportunities and awards wrap
Plenty of grants and development opportunities plus winners of the CIAF Awards, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Deborah Cass Prize…
Book review: The Stoning, Peter Papathanasiou
Outback noir debut follows and diverges from the dusty trail set by Jane Harper's The Dry.