Writing and Publishing
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Opportunities and awards
30 UNDER 30 mentorship, free fashion business program, plus winners of richest women's art prize and books of the year!
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Publisher offers free download of banned same-sex parenting book
Children's book 'A Focus On... Same-Sex Parents' is now available to download free of charge after it was banned from…
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NT Writers Festival interrogates the past and reimagines the future
The NT Writers Festival returns to the territory’s tropical capital from 27-30 June.
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Do you have what it takes to be a technical writer?
Are you very analytical, with an excellent grasp of communicating in plain English? You may be a good fit for…
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Look, look, a cat in a book! (part 2)
Still don't have enough cat books in your life? Here are 10 more books, especially for the young.
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Are art books an anomaly in the publishing industry?
As Melbourne Art Book Fair gears for its 10th anniversary, ArtsHub asks how art and design books have survived the…
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Book review: Thunderhead, Miranda Darling
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, this novella explores coercive control.Â
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Is Substack changing the lives of Australian writers?
Australian writers are flocking to the popular platform, which promises to centre the experience of the writer and reader.
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Opportunities and awards
Textile Awards call for entries, funding for live music in NSW, plus winners of new JUNCTURE Art Prize and 2024…
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Book review: Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband, Kerstin Pilz
'Till death do us part' is put to the test in this heartbreaking memoir.