IY2019: Language inspiration
22 February 2019
An International Year of Indigenous Languages-themed conference has highlighted the importance of keeping the conversation around language going.
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Applications for festival funding open
25 February 2019
Apply now to showcase an arts project at a festival or significant one-off community celebration in a regional or remote Australia.
New Zealand joins Australian cultural leaders’ forum
25 February 2019
New Zealand is set to join Australia’s Meeting of Cultural Ministers (MCM) as the first international member.
Cultural Gifts Program
The Cultural Gifts Program offers tax incentives to encourage people to donate cultural items to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives in Australia.
Information for donors
Do you have an item of cultural significance you would like to gift to an Australian gallery, museum, library or archive?
Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO)—Organisations and funds as of February 2019
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Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO)—Organisations and funds as of 26 February 2019.
Running with the Horses
Ten-year-old Nina lives with her father above the palace stables at the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses. She loves watching the famous white stallions as they parade for the crowds, but her favourite horse is an ordinary mare called Zelda—an old cab horse Nina often pats on her way home from school. When Nina's world changes dramatically, she and her father have to flee from the city. Their journey over the mountains with Zelda and the stallions seems impossible, with danger at every turn . . .
The Terrible Plop
Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop.
But what is the PLOP? And where does it hide?
Harry and Hopper
Harry and his dog Hopper have done everything together, ever since Hopper was a jumpy little puppy.
But one day the unthinkable happens. When Harry comes home from school, Hopper isn’t there to greet him. Hopper will never bet there again, but Harry is not ready to let him go.
This story tenderly demonstrates the shock of grief and the sustaining power of love.
Cicada Summer
When Eloise's get-rich-quick dad moves them back to his home town to turn the derelict family mansion into a convention centre, Eloise feels an immediate bond with the old house. She begins spending all her time there, ignoring her strange grandmother and avoiding the friendly boy next door.
Then Eloise meets a 'ghost girl' who may or may not be from the house's past, and events take a strange—and ultimately dangerous—turn.
Beautifully written, poignant and gripping, this is a charming and atmospheric story of personal growth, overcoming grief and the true nature of friendship and family.
Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
Dumped in the River Charon, hunted by an accursed river creature and betrayed by the wicked Matron Pluckrose, Tensy Farlow is in mortal danger. She has no parents. Worse still, she has no guardian angel.
When she is thrown into the Home for Mislaid Children—a gloomy orphanage where ravens attack, Watchers hover over your bed, and even the angels cannot be trusted—it seems that all hope is lost.
Yet could it be that a plucky, flame-haired orphan with a mysterious past is precisely what this dark world needs?
Star Jumps
A poignant verse novel depicting the joys and heartbreaks of a farming family as they struggle to cope with the devastating effects of long term drought.
Told through the eyes of Ruby, day to day farm life involves playing in grassy paddocks with siblings, doing jobs and helping out, and witnessing birth, death and sacrifice.
The family are devastated when they have to sell off some of their herd, but in the spirit of hope it is Ruby who tries in her own small way to help the family by making miniature bales of hay.
Regional arts funding available
27 February 2019
Attention all regional artists – community project grants through the Regional Arts Fund are now available.
IY2019: Calendar of activities
28 February 2019
Want to know what’s going on during the International Year of Indigenous Languages?
What’s the Matter, Aunty May
When the Help becomes a hindrance, Aunty May is left clean out of patience. In this ultimate portrait of childhood optimism and cheer, the narrator proceeds from chore to chore leaving a trail of destruction behind him, oblivious to his Aunty's horror.
Judges
Fifteen experts make up the judging panels for the 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Awards....
