AustLit

'The adventures of Australia's favourite cartoon blue heeler Bluey have again been recognised, with the hit ABC show winning an International Emmy Kids Award.'

'Already cash-strapped in the face of coronavirus, Australia's arts sector says it's been further devastated after dozens of organisations lost federal funding.'

'Veteran Australian film producers are shelving violent movies in favour of feel-good drama and comedy, anticipating strong demand for uplifting cinema once the COVID-19 lockdown ends.' 

'Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years.'

'Travel publisher Lonely Planet has announced it will close most of its operations in Melbourne and London as the company deals with the impacts of coronavirus on its sales.' 

'In 2011 the writer Shokoofeh Azar found herself in a strange country, with a strange dilemma.' 

'There's a new Aboriginal superhero in the DC Universe and she's a deadly Ngarluma hunter from the Pilbara.' 

'Journalist Jess Hill has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for writing by Australian women for See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc), her study of domestic abuse in Australia.'

'Joel West had just started his first week as a senior set dresser on Netflix's forthcoming thriller series Clickbait when the shoot was shut down due to social distancing measures introduced by the Federal Government.'  (Introduction)

'Long-running soap opera Neighbours is about to go back into production following the COVID-19 shutdown — but it will be a very different environment on set.'

'A Torres Strait-filmed TV series has narrowly escaped shutting down due to the global pandemic, but its producer has warned that Indigenous productions face a bigger threat in years to come.'

'The first time I saw Dave perform stand-up comedy, I was disgusted.'

'Prominent Australian theatre director Geordie Brookman has launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government for not coming to the aid of the arts sector.' (Introduction)

'Wiradjuri writer Tara June Winch has pulled off a hat-trick at the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her novel The Yield, taking home three major prizes, including the Book of the Year.'

'The small town of Bunnaloo is a long way from Tinseltown, but a book about a fairy who lives in a small NSW town just like it will be getting the major movie studio treatment soon enough.' (Introduction)