Writing and Publishing
Book review: Thunderhead, Miranda Darling
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, this novella explores coercive control.
Is Substack changing the lives of Australian writers?
Australian writers are flocking to the popular platform, which promises to centre the experience of the writer and reader.
Opportunities and awards
Textile Awards call for entries, funding for live music in NSW, plus winners of new JUNCTURE Art Prize and 2024…
Book review: Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband, Kerstin Pilz
'Till death do us part' is put to the test in this heartbreaking memoir.
Book review: Model Minority Gone Rogue, Qin Qin
A memoir that tracks what happens when a formerly dutiful child decides to pursue her own path.
This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
Look, look, a cat in a book! (part one)
Want to read some books with feline characters in there? Here are 10 purrfect choices.
Is poetry really 'the tyrannical discipline'?
This is how Sylvia Plath described the art form, but three contemporary poets have very different views.
Praiseworthy indeed: Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize 2024
The celebrated Waanyi author is now a two-time winner of the Stella Prize.
Book review: No Church in the Wild, Murray Middleton
A complex and confronting story about migrant youth from the towers of Melbourne's inner west, their teachers and the local…