Writing and Publishing
The art prize gaining maximum exposure for women despite COVID's barriers
Entries for Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2021 are now open with the virtual exhibition to stream again next year,…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Outcomes from DESIGN Canberra and AGNSW annual reports; Powerhouse Parramatta pop-up; new commissions for NPG, ACMI and Fed Square; Myer…
Local not global: major festivals celebrate the homegrown in 2021
What do international arts festivals do when Australia’s borders are still largely closed to international travellers? They draw on their…
Author Jane Harper watches The Dry turning into a film
The bestselling crime writer talks to Guy Davis about being on set as an extra and seeing her literary vision…
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
$2.5 million distributed in Live Music Australia grants, Victorian Opera introduces new award, Carriageworks Clothing Store announces resident artists for…
Has digital made the arts more accessible?
This year, we all pivoted to an online model but did it help the disabled community? At our recent Visions…
SPN's 2020 Book of the Year Award goes to Tasmanian essayist
Pete Hay's Forgotten Corners: Essays in Search of an Island’s Soul has been awarded The Small Press Network's Book of…
Why we need an Australian poet laureate in 2021
Poetry tells the story of a country and its people, so why doesn’t Australia support this artform? Andy Jackson thinks…
No Friend But The Mountains transformed into song cycle
Behrouz Boochani’s award-winning novel has been turned into a symphonic song cycle by composer Luke Styles and will have its world premiere at…
Vale 2020: Saluting those we lost this year
We salute the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2020.