Writing and Publishing
The surfeit of film festivals
Sydney Film Festival has closed but more than 60 ethnic or specialist film festivals are competing to fill the gap…
First line-up announcement for the Boomerang Festival
The new Indigenous arts and culture Boomerang Festival has just announced its first acts for the program.
Winner announced for Anne Landa Award 2013
Angelica Mesiti has won the new media award for Citizens Band, exploring he lives of four ordinary people who make…
Peak organisations could lose funding
The NSW arts funding review has suggested peak organisations should rely on fee for service instead of being government funded.
Science fiction scholarship gets new outlet
Fashion, robotics, dystopia, music, sex, surveillance, eugenics and time travel are on the agenda for a new science fiction forum.
Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation gets new Chair
Andrew Forrest will be the new Chair of the Foundation of the Art gallery of Western Australia.
First glimpse of this year's Melbourne Writers Festival
The cover has creaked open on this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival and judging by the first page it’s going to…
No free dinner, especially at Raheen
A little political history gives us some clues as to what George Brandis might be like as Arts Minister.
Have your say in Regional Arts survey
Regional Arts Australia is asking people to fill out an online survey to help shape the future of regional communities.
First timer and old hand compete for international prize
Booker prizewinner Thomas Keneally and first time novelist Amy Espeseth are both long-listed for the Warwick Prize.