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“I don’t represent anyone who doesn’t have a day job,” says literary agent Danielle Binks, who also works as an author and creative writing tutor.“There’s no one on my books who is making enough money from their art to do

“I don’t represent anyone who doesn’t have a day job,” says literary agent Danielle Binks, who also works as an author and creative writing tutor.“There’s no one on my books who is making enough money from their art to do

Evelyn Araluen and 2022 Stella Prize Chair of Judges, Melissa Lucashenko. Photo: Marie-Luise Skibbe This is the first time a collection of poetry has been eligible for the Stella Prize, making Araluen the first poet to win. The judges said the

Reading his self-appraisals in “Last Letter to a Reader” resembles a kind of overhearing, as when we listen to a figure on a stage reveal some contrary stance or enigmatic conviction. For a book meant to represent “a neat rounding-off”

‘Exquisite’, ‘extraordinary’, ‘insightful’: the best Australian books out in MayAt the beginning of each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on Book It In

InterviewEvelyn Araluen wins $60,000 Stella prize: ‘I was one paycheck away from complete poverty’Fiona Wright Evelyn Araluen has won the Stella prize with Dropbear, a collection of poems of ‘rage and dreaming’. Photograph: Stuart SpenceEvelyn Araluen has won the Stella

‘Surprised and delighted’: poetry dominates Stella prize shortlist after change in rulesThree collections are up for the $50,000 Australian literary prize for women and non-binary writers, alongside a graphic novel, an essay and one novel L-R: Evelyn Araluen, Eunice Andrada

Safe to say, this year’s Stella Prize shortlist has broken the mould. For a prize that was already somewhat revolutionary in promoting women and then non-binary writers, and for throwing fiction and non-fiction into the same $50,000 prize pool, this

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Color Force have set up-and-coming Chinese-Australian writer Amy Wang to pen Crazy Rich Asians 2, Deadline can reveal, replacing Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim following a 2019 controversy around pay parity. Wang takes on sole writing duties

It was a grim federal budget for arts and culture on Tuesday night. With the end of the Morrison government’s pandemic stimulus program for culture, the RISE fund, there will be a rapid withdrawal of federal support for cultural production.