Writing and Publishing
This week’s appointments
A Kiwi and a Liverpudlian are among the arts appointments and extended tenures announced this week.
Taking home the gold: award winners this week
It’s been a big week for visual arts, with a young composer thrown in for good measure.
Program announcements this week
The summer festivals are starting their big reveals, with Sydney Festival and Woodford the latest to unveil their 2014 programs.
Free online learning program for public libraries launched in Queensland
Queensland State Library’s ConnectEd professional development program now available online.
Five emerging artists pitch career dreams to a live audience
The British Council has announced the five winners of the 2013 Realise Your Dream Awards.
Asher Literary Award winner announced
Belinda Castles’ Hannah & Emil takes home literary prize.
Granta 124: Travel
This is not your usual travel writing. Granta 124: Travel dwells into the darker cornerstones of life in far-flung places.
A ruby-encrusted fawn wins sculpture prize
Julia DeVille takes the 2013 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize with her taxidermy fawn.
New public funding model: investment not subsidy
Buoyed by the success of MONA Tasmania is proposing restructuring arts funding, with less emphasis on grants and more on…
Sydney Ball gifts a collection worth $1M to South Australia
Astonishing paintings, astonishing gift: Sydney Ball unveils stain paintings from the 1970s in Sydney and a $1M gift in Adelaide.