The Australian Writers’ Guild has thrown its weight behind a new initiative to measure just how important the screen industry is to Australia’s economic, cultural and social wellbeing.The research, headed by Screen Australia, is supported by the Australian Screen Industry Group (ASIG), an alliance o...
More Every year the AWGIES celebrate performance writing at its best with writers from all fields vying for the highest honours on the Guild’s night of nights. Almost 500 entries were submitted for last year’s awards.The AWGIE Awards are the only Australian stage, screen, radio and new media awards judg...
More Efforts to get more Australian works and plays by women in the nation’s major theatres took a step backwards in 2016, according to new figures just out.The National Voice 2016, a survey of trends in Australian theatre programming, reveals a decline in both areas compared with 2015, the first year th...
More A “searing indictment on gender politics” and a sci-fi movie filmed in the Outback have won this year’s John Hinde Awards for Excellence in Science Fiction writing.The 2016 prize for best produced script was won by Jesse O’Brien for his filmArrowhead. In the unproduced category, the prize went to Pe...
More The Ensemble Theatre New Writing Commission 2016, an initiative supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild and one of Australia’s greatest playwrights, David Williamson is a step closer to fruition with the announcement of the competition’s shortlist.Ensemble’s Artistic Director Mark Kilmurry said t...
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