Writing and Publishing
![2024 Generations Western Sydney Music (Early Career) Fellowship recipients (L-R): FRIDAY*, Gemma Navarette and Yellowline. Photo: Create NSW. Recipients standing outside in front of a colourful mural.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/unnamed-12-e1717475959676.png?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Creative Australia calling for peer assessors, plus winners of emerging musicians fellowships and more!
![Nameless. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with a white top under a pinafore type dress. She has shoulder length greying hair cut in a bob with a fringe. On the right is a book cover with a black linocut image of a side on woman against a green backdrop.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/nameless.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Nameless, Amanda Creely
War and its voiceless victims are the harrowing topics of this novel.
![Chloe. On the left is a book cover of a young woman painted in the nude, with the bottom of the painting in flames. On the right is an author headshot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with straight long fair hair and a fringe. She is smiling.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/kell.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Chloé, Katrina Kell
A fictionalised exposé of the woman who modelled for the famous painting that hangs in Melbourne's Young and Jackson Hotel.
![The Blak Infinite. Image is artwork of cartoon like spaceships with people falling out of them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Tony-Albert-and-collaborator-ENOKis-BEAM-ME-UP_-The-Art-of-Abduction.-Photo_-Matt-Irwin_3849-e1717480823846.jpg?w=310)
Thinking about aliens – The Blak Infinite envelops Fed Square this RISING
Behind the spaceships and bright lights in this RISING program of free events and installations lies a deeper story.
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Further changes to Small Press Network
Further changes are afoot at the organisation that supports small press publishing.
![Heartsease. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a young Caucasian woman with long strawberry blonde hair and a blue top. She is standing in front of foliage. On the right is a bookcover featuring a group of brown flowers](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/ease.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Heartsease, Kate Kruimink
Sisterly bonds prevail in the fog of grief.
![Safe Haven. On the right is an author headshot, waist up of a woman of Indian appearance, all in black with arms folded, smiling and looking off the right. On the left is a book jacket in blue, with an illustration of a boat on the sea at night on the front.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Untitled-design-221.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran
The Miles Franklin Award-winning author's new book tackles the politics of Australian detention centres.
![World of the Book. Image is an ancient book, printed in the 15th century, lying open.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/World-of-the-Book-Christian-Capurro-1.jpg?w=310)
World of the Book returns with one of the earliest and rarest printed English books
A book that marks the birth of English printing is part of State Library Victoria's latest exhibition display.
![Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Inc, recipient of Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program. Photo: Thomas Oliver. Outdoor in a park setting, a group of eight ensemble members from Sprung lean on each other. They appear relaxed.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Sprung-Ensemble-2023-Image-Thomas-Oliver-LR-e1716870610180.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
International book prize now open, winners receive $100,000 thanks to Arts Impact WA, finalists of emerging artist award, and more!
![Live Bait. On the left is an author shot of a grey-haired with grey/white stubble, white man in his 40s/50s sitting at a table outside in the city, with his arms crossed in front of him and wearing a blue suit jacket over a darker blue T shirt. On the right is a book cover of an angler standing in a rushing river with fishing rod out. We can only see from the chest down to the knee and he is wearing a utility belt with a pistol in it.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/bait.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Live Bait, Stephen Sewell
Can a novel succeed when it features a wilfully stupid protagonist?