Recent ABR Arts reviews

• Carol Middleton reviews Minnie & Liraz (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Gabriel García Ochoa reviews Neruda (Palace Films)
• Christoper Menz reviews two performances by Angela Hewitt (Musica Viva)
• Alastair Jackson reviews Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (Opera Australia)
• Ben Brooker reviews 1984 (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
• Chris Flynn reviews What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow Games) and Little Nightmares (Bandai Namco)
• Gillian Dooley reviews Eugene Onegin (Co-Opera) and Orpheus Underground (Various People Inc.)
• Tim Byrne reviews Awakening (fortyfivedownstairs and MUST)
• Encore! Revisit David Larkin's review of King Roger (Opera Australia)

2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Michelle Cahill won the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing for her book Letter to Pessoa (Giramondo Publishing)The winners of the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were announced, with a total of $300,000 across thirteen prizes.

Winners this year include The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell (Book of the Year, Currency Press and Belvoir in association with Oombarra Productions); The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose (Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Allen & Unwin); The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Multicultural NSW Award, Hachette); Letter to Pessoa by Michelle Cahill (UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, Giramondo Publishing); and Ghostspeaking by Peter Boyle (Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Vagabond Press).

‘The diversity of tonight’s winner is impressive, both in terms of the writers’ backgrounds and the subject matter of the works,’ said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, ‘It reflects the outstanding and continuous achievements of the Australian literary community’. A full list of winners can be found on the State Library of NSW website.