Writing and Publishing
Albanese Government acts on audio and e-book lending rights promise
Updating Australia’s lending rights schemes to include digital content will see increased payments flow directly to local writers, illustrators and…
Opportunities and awards
Grants for NAIDOC Week celebrations, plus winners of Glover Prize, Tasmanian Theatre Awards, and more!
Book review: I'll Leave You With This, Kylie Ladd
A heart-breaking, spirited story about the strength of a brother’s legacy
Shepparton Festival’s new direction raises the culture stakes
As one of Australia’s major regional arts festivals, Shepparton Festival is building on its multicultural heritage and demographical changes to…
Book review: Dress Rehearsals, Madison Godfrey
An electric and poetic manifesto of selfhood.
Book review: Once a Stranger, Zoya Patel
An intergenerational story about family and loss, tradition and rebellion.
Opportunities and awards
Art prizes open for entries, plus First Nations Creative Fellowship recipient and book awards announcements, and more!
Book review: A Little Give, Marina Benjamin
Cutting a path through the personal and the domestic.
Book review: Gen F'd?, Alison Pennington
A revolutionary economic roadmap for Australia’s disenfranchised youth.
Time out to look at a book
The national celebration of reading, Australian Reading Hour returns on Thursday 9 March.