AustLit

'A play depicting life for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru has opened in Adelaide after months spent trying to bring the work to Australia.'  (Article summary)

'A humanitarian Master Mariner, a 14-year old who started her own business at 12 and a cowgirl who rode into the Mongolian high country — all Tasmanian women to be celebrated on screen during Ten Days on the Island.' (Article summary)

'When you win a slew of Golden Globes and have an Oscar to your name, people tend to take notice of you around Hollywood.' (Article summary)

'At a Sunday 5pm show, the fifth in an 11-show run for Perth collective The Last Great Hunt, performers Arielle Gray and Adriane Daff were rocking an 80s glam wrestling look and mugging for two cameras on the stage — when their show, titled Lé Nør [the rain], suddenly stopped.' (Article summary)

'A project working with high school students in the birthplace of musical group Yothu Yindi is putting Indigenous female rappers in the spotlight — and they are doing it in their own language, Yolngu Matha.' (Article summary)

'Looking back on the last year of Australian writers' festivals, it seems like an existential crisis — a stream of controversy flowing from one media storm to another.' (Article summary)

'Two senior NSW Government ministers ignored expert advice and approved unworthy projects in Coalition-held seats for part of a $100 million regional art fund ahead of the state election.' (Article summary)

'It's understandable that filmmakers are drawn to real-life atrocities. But dramatising evil can be a tricky endeavour if you're hoping to say something meaningful.' (Article summary)

'Abandoned babies, estranged sons, stolen inheritances. Beyond the pulpy plotlines and cheesy dialogue, soap operas say so much about a country's social progress — who is present and who is excluded in mainstream TV worlds.' (Article summary)

'The shortlist for The Stella Prize for writing by women has this year been dominated by small publishers, with five of the six titles published by independent outfits.' (Article summary)

'The man who profoundly shaped the modern era at Sydney's flagship art gallery, Edmund Capon, has died in England aged 78.'  (Article summary)

'Investing money in musicals is risky business, but the caravan king behind a new tour of the stage musical Muriel's Wedding isn't just out to make cash.'  (Article summary)

'Life got very different for Hannah Gadsby in the wake of Nanette: she moved to Los Angeles, she got a stylist (and a tailor), she went to the Emmys.' (Article summary)

'An Australian musical-theatre production is shining a light on Tasmania's convict past, and busting a few myths along the way.' (Article summary)