Writing and Publishing
Local and international: a joint venture between WA Writers and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
A partnership between the two organisations will bring literary powerhouses to Australian shores.
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Entries open for $150,000 Moran Portrait Prize, 2022 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Commission, free Tasmania art studio, and shortlists announced…
Book review: The Airways by Jennifer Mills, Pan Macmillan
A ghost story about boundaries, contamination, and the porous corporeality of existence.
Book review: Upheaval, edited by Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson, NewSouth Publishing
How the digital age destabilised and reshaped journalism.
The time is now: Climate awareness in museums is a must
CIMAM’s toolkit offers strategies and resources for museums to reduce their carbon footprint.
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Festival news in the wake of lockdowns, major survey of studio clay practice, new art space for Hobart, new theatre…
Book review: In My Defence, I Have No Defence by Sinéad Stubbins
Life's imperfections and absurdities with a dash of self-deprecation.
Book review: Dissolve by Nikki Gemmell, Hachette
An intoxicating exploration of erasure, heartbreak, and self determination.
Book Review: The Last Bookshop by Emma Young, Fremantle Press
One for the bibliophiles: a small, bespoke business striving for survival in the top end of town.
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Applications open for writers fellowship, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, new public art commission for Aboriginal artists, and recipients announced…