Cirrus@Austlit

'Television producer Deb Cox was in the process of moving her family from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 1997 when the ABC picked up Seachange, a show she created.' (Introduction) 

'Eurydice Dixon intended to use her sharp wit to write a play exploring ideas of a feminist sympathising with men's rights activists — but she never got to finish Inconvenient Empathy.'  (Introduction)

'Mojo Juju's honest account of disconnection and detachment from her Wiradjuri and Filipino heritage has connected with thousands and now won her the Album and Song of the Year at the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs).' (Introduction)

'The bonds of culture are strong, if not impenetrable, between the women who are regarded as Tasmania's Indigenous elders.' 

'When the Victoria Theatre in Newcastle opened in 1891, the audience was entertained with musical comedy and performances inside a prime example of Victorian theatre architecture.' (Introduction)

'Children who have grown up with Jeannie Baker's books are united by the irrepressible urge to stroke the pages.' (Introduction)

'Forget sunny skies and glistening beaches — bleak, austere and gloomy are the qualities of choice for Tasmanian film locations.' 

'The NSW Government will look at options for a new theatre at Barangaroo as it seeks to create more capacity in Sydney, Arts Minister Don Harwin has promised.'(Introduction)

'Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent first made a name for herself with the lean, lo-fi horror film The Babadook.'

'Bashed, beaten, rejected — how could writing a uniquely Australian comic book saga be this hard?

'In the process of becoming Australia's first-ever published Indigenous graphic novel author and publishing his epic three-volume magnum opus, Brenton E McKenna was battered physically and emotionally.

'It started as a boy's dream to create a novel-length comic depicting a fantasy world set in an Australian outback town.'

Source: Introduction.