Writing and Publishing
Mental health online (beyond avoiding the comments)
For writers, performers and other artists, social media can be both fertile and frightening. ABC’s Osman Faruqi shares some tips…
Should the Major Performing Arts framework be tossed out?
Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. More than 700 artists and arts workers are calling for a…
How to conquer impostor syndrome
Scoring the job is not always the confidence boost you'd expect. Many people in the arts suffer from crippling self-doubt…
Cultural Ministers agree to new performing arts framework
Brisbane’s Circa have been invited to become a Major Performing Arts company as the MPA Framework itself is set to…
Potchnagoola, KSP Writers’ Centre (WA)
Louise Helfgott’s play celebrates the extraordinary friendship of Katharine Susannah Prichard and David Helfgott.
The Divers’ Game by Jesse Ball
A succinct, exposing look at a community in ethical crisis – with shattering parallels to our own.
Five techniques to build resilience
Arts and wellness educator Molly W. Schenck talks about how to have tough conversations in art without traumatising collaborators.
Advice for new writers from PM's Literary Award nominees
From taking risks to doing a law degree instead, poets, novelists, historian and non-fiction writers on the shortlist for this…
Why arts education is valuable for schools
Sandra Gattenhof makes the case for arts being included as core skills in both public and private schools to create…
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Victorian Poetry Slam champion announced, Fauvette Loureiro scholarship announced, plus Artbank's opportunity for emerging curators.