“My Longest Round” Biography released. Author Gaele Sobott today announced My Longest Round, the revealing biography about Wally Carr, an honest account of the legendary boxer’s struggles inside and outside[…]
reproduced from ABC Radio National The UN estimates more than 20 million people have been made homeless by monsoonal floods that have affected 20 per cent of Pakistan’s total land[…]
Poetry · Poetry News · Writers
The next River Readings will be held at 6pm on Friday, 10 September and will feature Mark Tredinnick. Mark’s latest book, The Blue Plateau, is shortlisted for the Non Fiction[…]
First: View of Dark Point. Bruce McIntyre, Marrickville NSW Second: Poetry in the Trenches. John Upton, Burwood NSW Third: Conversation with an Aboriginal Man of High Degree in the Todd River late one night[…]
Poetry · Poetry News · Writers
One of Australia’s truly significant poets will give a workshop in Batemans Bay in August. Susan Hampton is that rare combination, a poet and editor, and this makes her a[…]
Three of China’s most promising emerging poets and two award-winning Australian poets will present an afternoon of public poetry readings in Nowra. This free literary event will be held from[…]
Featured Artists · Featured Exhibitions
Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail) Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes. What would the Romans think of this exhibition? ‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at[…]
Featured Artists · photography
Matthew Hill’s interest in photography first began as a teenager in the 1970s with the purchase of his first SLR camera. Working in black and white film, he started out taking[…]
Berry artist and photography, Kim Dove, has started a new blog to document the development of her Snapshot of Berry photography project. http://snapsofberrybook.wordpress.com
SISTERS IN CRIME AUSTRALIA The Sisters in Crime Australian annual Scarlet Stiletto Women’s Crime and Mystery Short Story Competition is on again. The awards, Australia’s only crime writing competition for women, is celebrating its[…]
