Writing and Publishing

This week's arts news and trending topics
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What books did you pick up in your street library?
Go and browse through your local street library and participate in National Shared Reading Week.

Book review: Things Will Calm Down Soon, Zoë Foster Blake
The pitfalls and rewards of juggling business and a personal life: a guide in fictional form.

Opportunities and awards
Invitations to create a living museum in Sydney, core funding from Music Australia, plus next round of Bundanon residents and…

Book review: Intermezzo, Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney's latest novel more than lives up to expectations.

Does generative AI and AI for book editing spell the end of professional editors?
In the world of AI for book editing, professional editors are more than just nit-pickers looking for typos, say the…

Book review: Travelling to Tomorrow, Yves Rees
The stories of pioneering Australian women who sought adventures across the Pacific a century ago.

Opportunities and awards
Grants for experimental practice, plus winners of the Shane and Catherine Brennan Prize, finalists of the churchie emerging art prize,…

Book review: Paris in Ruins, Sebastian Smee
Sebastian Smee argues that Impressionism was a reaction to Paris under siege in 1870.

Book review: Dusk, Robbie Arnott
Robbie Arnott's fourth book tracks predator and prey in the Tasmanian highlands.