Writing and Publishing
Artist's brain: the advantage of synaesthesia
Artists are finding creative opportunities from a neurological quirk that may affect one per cent of the population.
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist announced
Culture and Arts Minister John Day yesterday announced the 2012 shortlist for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards.
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces contributes $318 million to state
In the past decade Melbourne Winter Masterpieces has welcomed four million visitors and contributed $318 million to state economy.
Borrowing beats begging for sustaining arts organisations
A non-profit lender can offer arts organisations a chance to buy their own assets without meeting the conditions of a…
Rudd Cabinet downgrades Arts & Communications
The Government will go into the election with a Cabinet less committed to the sector and an Opposition looking for…
Gallery on the hunt for missing Menpes paintings
Valuable paintings by Mortimer Menpes are being hunted down by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
AUDIO: Trying to be happy may make you miserable
Creative people are more prone to depression but positive thinking may be just what they don't need.
Four playwrights share prestigious script award
The State Library of Victoria today announced the winners of the R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards for…
Australian comic industry still finding its feet
Gestalt Comics has grown into Australia’s premier graphic novel publisher, but its co-founder believes industry has long way to go
Penguin Random House to rake in $3.9 billion annual revenue
Planned merger of Penguin and Random House finalised, with the publishing juggernaut to control 25% of the US trade book…