Writing and Publishing
Busting myths about women and literature
Great writers throughout history been men. Women write chick lit. Women can't write convincing male voices. Do you know the…
Tourism revamp: will arts get a fair go?
Only three of the 24 major events Victoria promoted this year were arts or entertainment. NSW does better but will…
Rare opportunity for directors’ professional development
Inspired by a successful New York model, Australian directors will gather in Melbourne in October for an intensive nine-day development…
Top Ten Picks: Melbourne Writers Festival
With more than 500 international and local authors, scriptwriters, bloggers and thinkers, punters need help trawling the Melbourne Writers Festival…
Ten dos and don'ts for thinking about arts funding and the NPEA
Artists must take the opportunity to sharpen their minds as well as their rhetoric.
More money for the majors
Seven major performing arts companies have received over $650,000 between them to support international engagement.
Eight radical ways to change arts funding
Were any arts funding bodies or philanthropists brave enough to implement these suggestions from the US they might come close…
Working in Asia: No place for the individual
The artists as individual, innovator or iconoclast are Western archetype unhelpful in working with Asian art.
Brandis's $6000 Venice water taxi
While cutting the grants that take artists to the Venice Biennale, the Minister travelled in style to open the new…
Cultural capitals: Canberra
There's more to Canberra than politics and public servants, as the latest instalment of our Cultural Capitals series shows.