Writing and Publishing
Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
This murder mystery is a Sunday Times bestseller. It won the Costa First Novel award and the Books are My…
On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New appointments for the Wheeler Centre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Baluk Arts, the Queen Victoria Women's Centre, and…
ArtsHub and Screenhub appoint George Dunford as new Content Director
Dunford has had a wide-ranging career in digital leadership, and will be relocating from Canberra to Melbourne to take up…
Kip Williams on love and LGBTQI+ storytelling
A special panel discussion at NIDA will put LGBTQI+ storytelling and representation centre-stage this Valentine’s Day.
2019 Stella longlist celebrates the power of personal storytelling
Stella Prize judges said the books published in 2018 by Australian women were ‘a sample of the zeitgeist, a look…
$1M for digitising Western Australian regional collections
A new digital project is committed to making all WA’s regional collections accessible, with additional funds for training to ensure…
Review: Zebra and Other Stories, by Debra Adelaide
Adelaide’s sharp, casual, to-the-point sentences are both silently aesthetic on the page and a pleasure to read aloud.
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
tidal.18 award winner announced, Dancenorth's Artistic Director wins 2019 Arts and Culture Award, plus Manus Island detainee wins Vic Premier's…
Melbourne Writers Festival to call State Library Victoria home
After 10 years at Federation Square, Melbourne Writers Festival will now call the redeveloped State Library Victoria home.
Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues postpones 30th anniversary celebrations until 2020
The festival has cancelled its 2019 iteration, pushing back its 30th anniversary until next year in order to develop new…