#creativeaustralia — Public Fediverse posts

Here's WTF happened last week:

1️⃣ Creative Australia withdrew its invitation to artist Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale 2026 following political concerns about the subject matter of Sabsabi's past work. The situation casts a shadow over arms-length arts funding and the credibility of the arts funding agency.
#ArtsAndPolitics #CreativeAustralia #LaBiennaleDiVenezia
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Australasian authors of historical fiction:

Entries close June 14, 2023 for the $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Run by the Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) categories include Adult and CYA and are open to traditional and self-published authors.

https://annafeatherstone.com/historical-novel-society-australasia-100k-ara-historical-novel-prize/

#Australia #NewZealand #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalFiction Author #CreativeAustralia #AustralianAuthors #AustralianWriters #BoldAuthors #HNS #HNSA #BookPrize #AuthorPrizes #WritingCompetition #WritingCommunity #AuthorsofMastodon
#AmWriting
#selfPublishing #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors

Authors: want to know how to give your book the best chance of being chosen by Australian libraries? One of my favourite places is my local library. Not just because of all the wonderful librarians and the books I get to borrow, but I also get the buzz of seeing my own books on the recently returned shelf, or hear that my farm memoir is being enjoyed or dissected by another bookclub. This week too, Australian authors received our Lending Rights notification (the annual payment AU authors receive if there are at least 50 copies of your book available in AU libraries). There are many reasons why it's important for authors (trad and indie!) to work on building library demand for our books, and for all the writers who have asked me how to go about it, I've created a handy online course with all the info, tips, links, registration pages, list of distributors, marketing ideas and downloads you need to give you and your book the best chance at Australian library success. You can access the course at www.boldauthors.com - hope it helps you achieve your goals!

https://www.boldauthors.com/courses/howtogetyourbookintoaustralianlibraries

#authors #writingcommunity #libraries #Australia #author #amwriting #authortips #library #authorbusiness #BoldAuthors #CreativeAustralia #WritersAustralia #indieauthor #indieauthors #literarycommunity #AuthorsAustralia
#AustralianAuthors #AustralianAuthor

$50,000 for 1,000 to 2,500 words? That's a great $ per word rate! Entries are now open for the richest short story prize in the world... and it's being run right here in Australia. Competition website here: https://bestaustralianyarn.com.au

Story in The West Australian here:
https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/best-australian-yarn/2023-best-australian-yarn-are-you-sitting-on-australias-next-greatest-short-story--c-10440941

#Australia #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #ShortStoryWriter #AustralianWriters #AustralianAuthors #CreativeAustralia #WA #WesternAustralia

It's been fascinating learning from author Amra Pajalic as to how she's used writing and small business grants to propel her writing career in both fiction and non-fiction. It's also been fun diving into her creative works - love the anthologies she's been a part of too.

Has anyone else had literary/creative/small biz success by pursuing grants? would be great to hear from you.

https://annafeatherstone.com/how-winning-creative-literary-small-business-grants-has-helped-one-australian-writer-her-author-business-and-how-grants-could-help-you-too/

#Australia #Australianauthors #CreativeAustralia #writinggrants #writingcommunity #literary #literarygrants #CreativeVic #CreativeVictoria #ArtsCouncil #BoldAuthors #amwriting #anthology #anthologies #memoir

Great reminder from the Australian Society of Authors today about PLR & ELR 31 March deadline:

"Have you had a book published in the last 5 years? Is your print book held in public or educational libraries? Do not forget to submit your title claims to the Public and Educational Lending Right schemes via the Office for the Arts to have eligible books registered for inclusion before the 31 March deadline. Details about how to register your e-books and audiobooks will be released by the Office for the Arts shortly."

#Australia #AustralianWriters #AustralianAuthors #AusWrites #AusLit #WritingCommunity #PLR #ELR #CreativeAustralia