Writing and Publishing
Australian literary festivals in 2024
Start planning and bookmarking your 2024 calendar with these literary festivals nationwide.
Constellations – creating community in Western Sydney
Engaging with the network of collectives that enrich and characterise Western Sydney's rich arts scene.
Book review: Burn, Melanie Saward
A powerful debut fiction that reveals unsettling answers to 'Why are good kids misbehaving?'.
Opportunities and awards
New commission offering $155k, Emerging Writers' Festival call-out, plus finalists of the 2024 Rick Amor Drawing Award and Peter Porter…
Book review: The Furphy Anthology 2023, edited by Joanne Holliman
These 16 stories were drawn from over 600 entries to the annual short story competition.
Book Review: Life Skills for a Broken World by Dr Ahona Guha
A practical guide to good psychological help to bring in the new year.
29 jobs to consider for a career change in 2024
Whether you have visions of being in the spotlight, leading from behind the scenes or going out on your own,…
The women who changed their lives to become writers
These women seized their moment in midlife and returned to their first love – writing.
Why is the art world still married to meritocracy?
Part lottery, part systematic exclusion: three artists speak about the limitations of the meritocratic approach, and imagine how the art…
Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist, Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei
A flawed and occasionally reprehensible dialogue between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on issues such as animal welfare,…