Links of Interests

Journalism

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Crikey.com.au
Crikey is an independent online media service. Every week day we send our 10,000+ subscribers (known as the Crikey Army) an email crammed with the latest news, analysis, juicy gossip, reviews, rumours, links and prescient tips. It arrives in subscribers’ inboxes around lunchtime.

Creative Economy Online
News and research on creative industries, innovation and society.

Jay Rosen
PressThink: An Introduction

We need to keep the press from being absorbed into The Media. This means keeping the word press, which is antiquated. But included under its modern umbrella should be all who do the serious work in journalism, regardless of the technology used. The people who will invent the next press in America—and who are doing it now online—continue an experiment at least 250 years old.

Writing

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Varuna – The Writer’s House

Varuna - The Writers' House is Michael Dark's gift to Australian literature in memory of his parents, the novelist Eleanor Dark and Dr. Eric Dark. Varuna honours their memory and the gift by providing a unique environment for the creation of Australian literature.

Festivals

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The Sydney Writers Festival [28 May – 3 June 2007]

The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival [24 August - 2 September, 2007]

Celebrating over 20 years of reading, writing, books and ideas.

Byron Bay Writers Festival [27-29 July 2007]