Search News

See all news
Career Advice

Changing the direction of your arts practice – when, why and how?

Three artists at different career stages speak on what it means to change the direction of their arts practice.

Sally Beamish's Carnival Samba: Floreant. Opening Applause, AFCM Photo: Andrew Rankin
Features

What composers contribute to a music festival

Sally Beamish and Stephen Johnson were invited to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as much for their musical insights…

Features

Does Melbourne need another festival?

Now or Never is the new kid in Melbourne’s festival landscape – we ask Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Artistic…

Features

Fundamentals of arts fundraising

Money is a necessary component of the artistic journey for creatives, which is why getting arts fundraising right is critical.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Book review: A Line in the Sand, Red Room Poetry

A sample of 20 years of Australian poetry is showcased in this wide-ranging anthology.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Book review: At Midnight, edited by Dahlia Adler

A collection of remixed and modernised fairy tales.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Book review: The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall

Four time lines that stretch from the past into the future follow characters as they navigate events beyond their control.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Book review: Inkflower, Suzy Zail

For YA readers and older, this book touches on the story of a Holocaust survivor, interlaced with more current dramas…

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Book review: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life, Anna Funder

Conspicuously missing from male-centric biographies, Eileen O’Shaughnessy is the true Orwellian hero.

A close-up photo of a typewriter, the keys of which prominently display the word 'STORY' instead of the usual letters.
News

Returning festival aims to make playwrights more visible

The second annual Australian Playwrights’ Festival, presented by Currency Press, will be held in Sydney in late August.

1 48 49 50 51 52 1,018