BWF’s 59th Year to Shine Literary Light on Brisbane

For 59 years, the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has provided a space for those near and far to come together to discuss all things literature. They have just released their program for 2021. Read More

You’ve Got This: A Sit Down with Bec Brown

On a sunny and temperate Thursday a few weeks ago, TCI had the chance to sit down and chat with Bec Brown. Read More

Room to Dream: BWF’s Digital Care Package

In light of current events, the 2020 Brisbane Writers Festival has moved online. Each day from the 31st of August until the 6th of September the public will have free access to talks, readings, and creative presentations from some of Brisbane’s most talented storytellers. Read More

NIDA and Sydney Theatre Company announce opportunity for Australia’s writers

The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) have announced their collaboration, which will give one applicant the opportunity for theatrical work to be developed and considered for future production. Read More

2020 Australian Book Industry Awards Live Stream Date Announced

Social distancing measures won’t stop Australians celebrating their writers, as the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards will be going ahead through a YouTube livestream on May 13.

The Broadcast will feature a number of prominent stars and figures including Judy … Read More

Post-COVID Postcards: Wish You Were Here!

When the going gets tough humanity tends to turn to our great writers to lift us up. In an interview with The Paris Review E.B. White (essayist and author of Charlotte’s Web) reflected on the author’s role in society as one that “should tend to lift people up… Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape it.” Read More

Cassie Dimitroff: On Gum Magazine

Founding editor and creative director of Gum Magazine Cassie Dimitroff, is making an archive of the Brisbane art renaissance. Read More

The Writer’s Life with Melissa Coleman

Airships, and automatons and German spies — oh my! Read More

Kicking Goals and Breaking Stigmas with GLASS

Born out of a desire to elevate young voices and earn writing credits, GLASS Magazine was launched by a group of QUT students in 2019.

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Boy Swallows Universe: Trent Dalton on Becoming a Writer

Acclaimed up-and-coming Australian novelist Trent Dalton recently gave a lecture at the University of Queensland, where he discussed with audiences his journey to becoming a novelist, and finally completing his beloved debut novel Boy Swallows Universe.

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Queensland Theatre Celebrates 50 Years with 2020 Launch

2020 will mark the Golden Jubilee Of Queensland’s titular theatre company, and they have decided to celebrate in style. Read More

Single Asian Female; Singular, Authentic, Fierce

If you haven’t heard of this breakout success from Michelle Law, you simply aren’t going to the right type of parties. Never fear, The Creative Issue is here to clue you in.
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Winning Couple: An Evening with Bob Carr and Germaine Greer

On paper, Bob Carr and Germaine Greer make unlikely bedfellows. He’s an ex-politician. And she’s Germaine bloody Greer, second-wave feminism’s most vocal proponent. Read More

Brisbane Writers Festival – Hayden Cox of Haydenshapes

With the Brisbane Writers Festival approaching (6th-9th September), we spoke with one of the featured guests, Hayden Cox, founder and creator of Haydenshapes, inventor of the patented Carbon Fibre board technology Future-Flex. Between learning about his business and just him … Read More