Writing and Publishing
Book review: Muddy People, Sara El Sayed, Black Inc
An intricate memoir that traverses the muddy divides between child and adult, tradition and change, self and other and identity…
Exit interview: Deborah Ely, Bundanon Trust
Deborah Ely has been a visionary leader, taking Bundanon Trust from a sleepy regional organisation to a national powerhouse.
Winners announced for 2021 Queensland Literary Awards
With a book that puts the spotlight on a terrible part of Queensland’s history, Badtjala writer Fiona Foley wins the…
ICYMI: The week's arts news
Regions open up in NSW & VIC, Dark Mofo and QLD funding news, quirky online events, Kosky returns to Adelaide,…
Vale Damiano Bertoli
Melbourne art community mourns the loss of aspirational artist and intellectual radical Damiano Bertoli.
Moving book launches online
Many authors have found themselves publishing a book during the pandemic but moving the launch to the digital sphere has…
Book review: Lakesedge, Lyndall Clipstone, Pan Macmillan
A haunting YA Gothic fantasy about a girl and a monster
Book review: Travelling Companions, Antoni Jach, Transit Lounge Publishing
A peripatetic journey through Europe with diverting storytellers along the way.
Writers seek solidarity in lockdowns
Surviving lockdown isn’t easy, but some Western Sydney writers believe reading the stories of people from diverse backgrounds can help…
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Entries open for writing opportunities, the National Photography Prize and the Emerging Composer’s Program, plus the Archibald People’s Choice winner,…