Screen Lady Boss doco sheds light on Jackie Collins’ remarkable life Laura Fairrie’s new documtnary on Jackie Collins sheds life on an incredible and complex writer, actor and mother
News & Views Anita Heiss and five other women win 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards NSW Premier’s Literary Awards awarded six female authors prizes, spanning across a range of categories including Indigenous Writers’ Prize.
Books First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen wins $60,000 Stella Prize for her debut poetry collection Evelyn Araluen has won the 2022 Stella Prize for her debut and explosive collection of poetry, Dropbear, published last year.
Books Stella Forever Fund has reached $3m target, thanks to these female philanthropists Stella’s Forever Fund, had reached its endowment target of $3 million – securing prize money for the annual Stella Prize in perpetuity.
Books The six books shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Prize This year’s Stella Prize shortlist consists of six experimental, genre-bending titles that confront issues of justice and truth-telling.
Screen Latest generation of animated heroines gives us hope for a better world for our daughters Recent Pixar / Disney releases show better heroines for the next generation of girls, and it’s about time, don’t you think?
Books ‘We’ve Got This’: The first major anthology by parents with disabilities In We’ve Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill discuss the highs and lows of their parenting journeys and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people’s attitudes.
Books 2022 Stella long-list announced, first time poetry collections are included The 2022 Stella long-list has been announced, and for the first time ever, poetry collections are included in the prize.
Books Quit toxic companies and grow your wealth: Nicole Haddow’s ethical guide to investing Nicole Haddow penned everything she learned about using your money for good in The Ethical Investor, a practical guide.
News & Views Vale bell hooks: A revolutionary author, activist and feminist One of the twentieth century’s greatest cultural critics, author and activist bell hooks, has died aged 69.
News & Views Amanda Lohrey wins $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary for The Labyrinth Tasmanian novelist Amanda Lohrey’s The Labyrinth, has taken out 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary for Fiction.
News & Views ‘Interview with the Vampire’ author Anne Rice dies at 80 “Interview with the Vampire” author, Anne Rice, died at the age of 80 on Saturday night surrounded by her family.