Yesterday was the first 'CREATIVE AUSTRALIA' national day of fundraising and promoting culture and arts projects and programmes.
In 2027 Vic Park Centre for Arts will be investing in early career Arts Professionals, providing work / exhibition space and mentoring.
#AUSART #community #writing #art
In 2027 Vic Park Centre for Arts will be investing in early career Arts Professionals, providing work / exhibition space and mentoring.
#AUSART #community #writing #art
October 22, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Yesterday was the first 'CREATIVE AUSTRALIA' national day of fundraising and promoting culture and arts projects and programmes.
In 2027 Vic Park Centre for Arts will be investing in early career Arts Professionals, providing work / exhibition space and mentoring.
#AUSART #community #writing #art
In 2027 Vic Park Centre for Arts will be investing in early career Arts Professionals, providing work / exhibition space and mentoring.
#AUSART #community #writing #art
It's AusArt Day! As part of it, I'm promoting Best Australian Speculative Fiction: Chinese Edition, a project by Christine Sun to translate some of the best Aus SFF. You can see it here as part of AusArt day: creative.gov.au/ausartday-20...
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AusArt Day 2026 - Make art happen
creative.gov.au
October 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It's AusArt Day! As part of it, I'm promoting Best Australian Speculative Fiction: Chinese Edition, a project by Christine Sun to translate some of the best Aus SFF. You can see it here as part of AusArt day: creative.gov.au/ausartday-20...
We're excited to announce that Premee Mohamed will be writing for Speculative Insight in 2027! You totally want to know what she thinks of The Green Book, by Jill Paton Walsh.
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
We're excited to announce that Premee Mohamed will be writing for Speculative Insight in 2027! You totally want to know what she thinks of The Green Book, by Jill Paton Walsh.
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
You know who else will be writing for Speculative Insight in 2027? DOCTOR Kathleen Jennings!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 6:01 AM
You know who else will be writing for Speculative Insight in 2027? DOCTOR Kathleen Jennings!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Roseanna Pendlebury, on why Dragon Age: Inquisition should have had choral music? Why yes, that essay is coming up in 2027...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Roseanna Pendlebury, on why Dragon Age: Inquisition should have had choral music? Why yes, that essay is coming up in 2027...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Australians are being urged to get behind the artists and arts organisations they love for AusArt Day, taking place across the country today (Thursday 22 October).
www.artsreview.com.au/australians-urged-to-help-make-art-happen-for-ausart-day-2026/
www.artsreview.com.au/australians-urged-to-help-make-art-happen-for-ausart-day-2026/
October 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Australians are being urged to get behind the artists and arts organisations they love for AusArt Day, taking place across the country today (Thursday 22 October).
www.artsreview.com.au/australians-urged-to-help-make-art-happen-for-ausart-day-2026/
www.artsreview.com.au/australians-urged-to-help-make-art-happen-for-ausart-day-2026/
What about an essay by Lynne M Thomas? That's coming your way in 2027 from Speculative Insight, too!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 5:01 AM
What about an essay by Lynne M Thomas? That's coming your way in 2027 from Speculative Insight, too!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Wondering about the state of SF translated from Korean into English? Rachel Cordasco has you covered, in a new essay coming to Speculative Insight in 2027...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Wondering about the state of SF translated from Korean into English? Rachel Cordasco has you covered, in a new essay coming to Speculative Insight in 2027...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
How about an essay by Joy Sanchez-Taylor, author of _Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre_, among other excellent titles?
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM
How about an essay by Joy Sanchez-Taylor, author of _Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre_, among other excellent titles?
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
We're excited to announce some of our authors for 2027, and here's a big one: Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh, of Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones (www.eightdaysofdiana.com), will be writing the December 2027 bonus essay!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
We're excited to announce some of our authors for 2027, and here's a big one: Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh, of Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones (www.eightdaysofdiana.com), will be writing the December 2027 bonus essay!
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Tansy Rayner Roberts is finishing up her Pratchett's Men series, in 2027, which means we *finally* get that essay about Vetinari...
Donate to help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Ping @tansyrr.bsky.social
#ausartday
Donate to help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Ping @tansyrr.bsky.social
#ausartday
October 22, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Tansy Rayner Roberts is finishing up her Pratchett's Men series, in 2027, which means we *finally* get that essay about Vetinari...
Donate to help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Ping @tansyrr.bsky.social
#ausartday
Donate to help make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Ping @tansyrr.bsky.social
#ausartday
Wondering about Chinese SF, and the impact of prize culture and commercial frenzy in the past ~15yrs? Lyu Guangzhao has you covered in 2027!
You can donate to make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
You can donate to make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Wondering about Chinese SF, and the impact of prize culture and commercial frenzy in the past ~15yrs? Lyu Guangzhao has you covered in 2027!
You can donate to make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
You can donate to make it happen: artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Interested in cyberpunk? Lavanya Lakshminarayan will be writing on non-Western cyberpunk for Speculative Insight in 2027.
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Interested in cyberpunk? Lavanya Lakshminarayan will be writing on non-Western cyberpunk for Speculative Insight in 2027.
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate now to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Go read up on Green Music Australia and consider supporting their work
givingday.greenmusic.org.au
#NoMusicOnADeadPlanet
givingday.greenmusic.org.au
#NoMusicOnADeadPlanet
Green Music Giving Day – AusArt Day 2026
Green Music Giving Day: Make a donation today to support Green Music Australia
givingday.greenmusic.org.au
October 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Go read up on Green Music Australia and consider supporting their work
givingday.greenmusic.org.au
#NoMusicOnADeadPlanet
givingday.greenmusic.org.au
#NoMusicOnADeadPlanet
The bonus essay for the Jan-June ebook will be coming to you from Max Drosser, author of the excellent _Nostalgic Future_ : maxdosser.com/nostalgic-fu...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The bonus essay for the Jan-June ebook will be coming to you from Max Drosser, author of the excellent _Nostalgic Future_ : maxdosser.com/nostalgic-fu...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Next announcement for 2027: Tobias Buckell is writing for Speculative Insight! Looking at the idea of localised futurisms.
Want to help make it happen? Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Want to help make it happen? Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Next announcement for 2027: Tobias Buckell is writing for Speculative Insight! Looking at the idea of localised futurisms.
Want to help make it happen? Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Want to help make it happen? Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Dan Hartland? Writing about Adam Roberts? You just know this essay is going to be a banger. Coming to Speculative Insight in 2027...
Donate to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 22, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Dan Hartland? Writing about Adam Roberts? You just know this essay is going to be a banger. Coming to Speculative Insight in 2027...
Donate to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Donate to help make it happen:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Who else is writing for Speculative Insight? Dr. Megan E. Fourqurean! With broadranging interests - postcolonial studies, gender & sexuality, ecocriticism, much more - it's one to look forward to.
Donate?https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000d2xrxMAA/level-up-in-2027
Donate?https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000d2xrxMAA/level-up-in-2027
October 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Who else is writing for Speculative Insight? Dr. Megan E. Fourqurean! With broadranging interests - postcolonial studies, gender & sexuality, ecocriticism, much more - it's one to look forward to.
Donate?https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000d2xrxMAA/level-up-in-2027
Donate?https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000d2xrxMAA/level-up-in-2027
Next up on the 2027 line up: Farah Mendlesohn is back with a second essay for Speculative Insight, looking at Joanna Russ!
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Next up on the 2027 line up: Farah Mendlesohn is back with a second essay for Speculative Insight, looking at Joanna Russ!
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Help make it happen! Donate now:
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
It's today! AusArt Day is today! If you were thinking of donating today is a great day to do so! Aussies, get that sweet tax deductible feeling!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
#AusArtDay
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
#AusArtDay
October 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It's today! AusArt Day is today! If you were thinking of donating today is a great day to do so! Aussies, get that sweet tax deductible feeling!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
#AusArtDay
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
#AusArtDay
Happy AusArt Day!
It's a great day to recognise the amazing arts in Australia and, if you're able, donate to help raise funds for the work and ambitions of one of the incredible groups and organisations participating today.
#AusArtDay
creative.gov.au/ausartday-2026
It's a great day to recognise the amazing arts in Australia and, if you're able, donate to help raise funds for the work and ambitions of one of the incredible groups and organisations participating today.
#AusArtDay
creative.gov.au/ausartday-2026
AusArt Day 2026
National day of giving to the arts.
creative.gov.au
October 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Happy AusArt Day!
It's a great day to recognise the amazing arts in Australia and, if you're able, donate to help raise funds for the work and ambitions of one of the incredible groups and organisations participating today.
#AusArtDay
creative.gov.au/ausartday-2026
It's a great day to recognise the amazing arts in Australia and, if you're able, donate to help raise funds for the work and ambitions of one of the incredible groups and organisations participating today.
#AusArtDay
creative.gov.au/ausartday-2026
Let's make art happen! We're doing AusArt Day to completely cover paying our authors at a higher rate for (at least) Jan-June 2027!
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Let's make art happen! We're doing AusArt Day to completely cover paying our authors at a higher rate for (at least) Jan-June 2027!
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Let's make art happen! We're doing AusArt Day to completely cover paying our authors at a higher rate for (at least) Jan-June 2027!
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
October 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Let's make art happen! We're doing AusArt Day to completely cover paying our authors at a higher rate for (at least) Jan-June 2027!
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Support us by clicking the link to send some money... and tell your friends! Tax deductible for Australians!
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
Whether it’s a one-off gift or a recurring donation, every contribution helps us support wellbeing, inspire young readers and spark the conversations that shape our city.
Make a donation for AusArt Day and help us keep the stories flowing. Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/donate/
Make a donation for AusArt Day and help us keep the stories flowing. Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/donate/
October 20, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Whether it’s a one-off gift or a recurring donation, every contribution helps us support wellbeing, inspire young readers and spark the conversations that shape our city.
Make a donation for AusArt Day and help us keep the stories flowing. Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/donate/
Make a donation for AusArt Day and help us keep the stories flowing. Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/donate/
