Writing and Publishing
The surprising ways games challenge how people think about themselves and the world
Increasingly, console games help us question the ways we see, think or feel about the world, the game, even ourselves.
13 non-COVID buzzwords for the arts in 2020
Our language tells us a lot about who we are, so what did 2020 say, outside the trending COVID-slang?
Winners of 2020 PM's Literary Awards announced
Winners of this year’s awards featured First Nations creators including a novel about the tragedy of Wiradjuri children and a…
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
AWGIE Awards presented, People's Choice winner announced for The Lester Prize, Women's Circus receives performance commission, shortlist for 2021 Victoria…
The best podcasts that helped us escape 2020
In a year where many of us were housebound, listening to podcasts became an escape – moreso than ever before.
Authors speak on the power of language and art
Authors, poets and illustrators nominated in this year’s 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards describe an experience in which they realised…
AWGIES 2020 bow down to a one-woman theatre show
Suzie Miller's quietly spectacular international career in theatre, informed by an education in science, law and theatre, adds a prime…
Arts industry specific loan scheme announced
Following an agreement between the Morrison Government and two major banks, Australia’s first arts and entertainment loan scheme has been…
Book Review: Redfern: Aboriginal activism in the 1970s by Johanna Perheentupa
A history of the establishment of some key pioneering Aboriginal community groups and organisations in Redfern, Sydney, paving the way…
Best children's books of 2020 feature Stories on equality, nature and family
There’s plenty that can be learnt from kid’s books, and it’s so much truer in 2020. ArtsHub takes a look…