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Richard Lewer wins Archibald Prize with radiant portrait of traditional healer Iluwanti Ken

Melbourne-based artist Richard Lewer has been awarded the prestigious Archibald Prize for his life-sized portrait of senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer) Iluwanti Ken.

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‘Let’s go out in a beautiful fashion’: Australian theatre company says goodbye with one last wondrous show

After losing funding, the acclaimed Slingsby Theatre Company is staging its final show: A Concise Compendium of Wonder, a fairytale triptych in a purpose-built, travelling theatre

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Palestinian author to appear at rebel literary event

Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah will appear at a last-minute alternative to the now-cancelled Adelaide Writers' Week.

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Adelaide writers’ week was cancelled two weeks ago. ‘Not Writers’ Week’ is determined to do things differently

Constellations – or ‘Not Writers’ Week’ – has been pulled together by a grassroots coalition of authors who have turned ‘heartbreak’ into a community-led event – and one that won’t police speakers’ social media

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Writers Victoria has been defunded – but writers’ centres are ‘fundamental’ to literary culture

Writers Victoria, one of a national network of centres providing crucial support and employment to writers, has lost its funding – putting its “very survival” at risk. Its loss would make Victoria (whose capital, Melbourne, is a UNESCO City of Literature) the only mainland state without a state government-funded peak…

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'Their career is toast': writers' festival anguish

The consequences of cancelling a major literary festival are far-reaching, publishers and writers say, despite a premier declaring there is no economic impact.

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‘Masterclass in poor governance’: what was the board’s role in the end of Adelaide Writers Week?

This afternoon, Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled for 2026 – less than a week after Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was disinvited by the Adelaide Festival board. This came despite the “strongest opposition” from Writers Week director Louise Adler, who resigned this morning. The board has announced its remaining members will…

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Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing. Editor Esther Anatolitis and deputy editor Eli McLean have been made redundant and the final issue will appear in December. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), which has housed the magazine since 2007, has cited “purely financial grounds” for…

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Salvage by Jennifer Mills review – urgent post-apocalyptic novel proposes a better way of living

In her mesmerising fifth novel set in the near-future, the Australian author offers a timely model of resistance to despair and passivity

The Guardian - AU

Escape to space with the ultra-rich, or live frugally amid eco-disaster? Jennifer Mills imagines a divided near future

Every new novel from Jennifer Mills is a fascinating puzzle, gorgeously rendered and emotionally rich. While all the pieces are there, in plain sight, from the moment you open the first page, they reveal their picture gradually, with precision and grace.

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‘Deliciously addictive’, ‘dripping with suspense’: the best Australian books out in June

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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'Cli-fi' might not save the world, but writing it could help with your eco-anxiety

The consequences of climate change weigh on all of us, especially as we face an El Niño summer, with floods and fires already making themselves felt in the Australian environment.

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