Writing and Publishing

Our voices run through our blood…
2023 National NAIDOC Male Elder Award recipient, William Tilmouth, speaks on the referendum results, the state of youth education in…

Upskilling by responding to young people’s needs
Propel Youth Arts WA’s dedicated professional development program, PIVOT, returns with a fresh outlook drawing on past learnings.

Australian Podcast Awards announce 2023 winners
Celebrating Australia's best and most popular audio content, this year's podcast awards gave 30 gongs to everything from true crime…

Book review: The Opposite of Success, Eleanor Elliott Thomas
A witty and charming debut about motherhood, friendship and work in contemporary times.

Book review: Corners of Melbourne, Robyn Annear
Anyone with a love of Melbourne history will find this book enthralling.

Opportunities and awards
YIRRAMBOI 2025 commissions and ballet scholarship open, plus 2023 ARIA winners and artists shortlisted for 2024 NSW Visual Art Fellowship…

I’ve had enough of Sad Bad Girl novels and sensationalised trauma
I’ve had enough of Sad Bad Girl novels, but I’m hungry for complex stories about women.

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2023
Winners across six literary categories each take home $80,000 in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Book review: I Don't, Clementine Ford
Clementine Ford shows us how life could be for women if they weren't shackled to marriage.

Book review: Bee Miles, Rose Ellis
Bee Miles was punished for daring to defy conventional expectations of female behaviour.