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Huge Gallery

HUGE Gallery London - September 2026

Showcase your work at HUGE Gallery Londo in 2026. Join artists from all disciplines, connect with creatives, and exhibit at…

Performances & Gigs

Lala Books

Poetry at Lala Books: Anthony Joseph & Keith Jarrett + open mic

Join us to celebrate Anthony Joseph's new collection Haunting The Black Air, with Keith Jarrett, plus readings from Page of…

Judith Nangala Crispin, the author and poet behind The Dingo's Noctuary. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

The Dingo’s Noctuary: Judith Nangala Crispin’s ArtsHub interview  

Judith Nangala Crispin's latest book contains life, death and everything in between. She talks to ArtsHub.

Martina Holmberg's portrait Mel has won the 2025 Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize. Photo: Martina Holmberg.
News

Best new awards & arts prize winners: November 2025

This month's awards and prizes celebrate moving portrait photography, vital non-fiction and up-and-coming talent.

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Emergence Magazine Vol. #6 – Seasons review: impressive arts and ecology magazine

'Emergence' offers a quiet contemplation of the Earth’s cycle of rebirth, life, decay, and death.

Portrait of Sarah Hall. Photo: Kat Green.
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Best new awards & arts prize winners: October 2025

This month's awards and prizes run from celebrating fiction at its most novel to reviving the legacies of trailblazing but…

Poetry. Image is a sheet of paper with some lines written across it and a fountain pen with the lid off.
Features

Is poetry really ‘the tyrannical discipline’?

This is how Sylvia Plath described the art form, but three contemporary poets have very different views.

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How to break into writing and stay the distance

Advice for newcomers from some of the nominees of this year's Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

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Features

Has digital debunked the book fair?

With the pandemic closing down major events in the publishing industry, the virtual book fair offers advantages and challenges.