Writing and Publishing
Australia Council Strategic Plan: where is the detail?
There is precious little detail in the Australia Council's new Strategic Plan, and big questions remain.
The days the city stood still
A mobile app will take users on an immersive journey into one of Sydney’s greatest social disasters of the 20th…
The freshest 60-year-old on the block
The left haven’t disappeared in Australia – they’ve just moved Overland.
Emerging Writers Festival expands to Adelaide
Firmly focused on writers instead of readers, this hands-on festival aims to energise Adelaide’s already active literary culture.
Synaesthesia+
A two-day sensory wonderland overtook MONA during Synaesthesia+.
Australia Council has turned its Grants Program on its head
They said they’d listened; and yesterday they delivered. The AusCo’s restructured Grants Program is less convoluted but lacks detail. How…
Melbourne writer appointed as inaugural Director of UNESCO City of Literature
The new appointee will work with Melbourne's existing literary organisations to strengthen the city's status and activities.
Sleepless in Hobart: MONA's summer shoutout
Australia's contemporary art mecca, Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art, has announced the dates for summer festival MOFO.
Kiwis take off in Edinburgh
New Zealand's debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with contemporary dance group Black Grace is drawing crowds and rave reviews.
So you want to be a humour therapist?
Clown doctors, humour therapists and laugher professionals use creative and psychological strategies to improve lives.