Writing and Publishing
Opportunities and awards
New year funding opportunities and news, plus finalists of 2023 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, and more!
Book review: Emma After, Anthony O'Connor
A unique and humorous YA ghost story.
New regional festival celebrates queer writers
With events across Victoria in centres such as Shepparton, Traralgon, Warrnambool and Geelong, Q-Lit aims to connect the queer community…
Book review: Reasons not to Worry, Brigid Delaney
How to deal with modern life through the teachings of the ancient Greco-Roman Stoic philosophers.
8 steps to rewrite your bio
A well-written bio does more than list your accomplishments. It makes readers curious.
Find your writerly tribe!
Connecting with like-minded practitioners can be hugely beneficial for writers.
Book review: No Stone without a Name, Phillipa O'Brien
An illustrative Indigenous journey through time, place, and culture.
Opportunities and awards
Applications open for emerging circus producers, plus winners of the Tasmanian Literary Awards and nominations of 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Book review: Best Australian Political Cartoons 2022, edited by Russ Radcliffe
For those cursed with an interest in politics and blessed with a sense of humour.
Book Review: Sweeney and the Bicycles, Philip Salom
This psychologically perceptive novel Illuminates states of stagnation and change in the context of a traumatic past.