June 3, 2026
Australian writers are being recognised with major awards celebrating stories that challenge, inspire and capture Australian life. Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund supports Australian writers through grants and fellowships, as well as major national literary prizes. One of Australia’s most significant literary prizes, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, announced the 2026 Longlist, featuring ten outstanding novels that collectively offer “a portrayal of Australian life in all […]
May 22, 2026
Each of the copyright collecting societies, Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (“APRA”), Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (“AMCOS”), Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited (“PPCA”), Copyright Agency Limited (“Copyright Agency”), Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited (“Screenrights”), Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society Limited (“AWGACS”) and Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society Limited (“ASDACS”), subscribes to a code of […]
May 20, 2026
Perpetual, the trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has unveiled this year’s longlist, featuring ten novels that collectively offer a portrayal of Australian life in all its diversity. Bringing together stories shaped by varied cultural backgrounds, voices and experiences, this selection celebrates the richness and complexity of Australian storytelling today. The works, which include […]
May 7, 2026
We’re proud to see so many of our members named finalists in the 2026 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. These are three of the most prestigious and closely followed awards in the Australian visual arts calendar. Presented annually by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the prizes celebrate excellence across portraiture, landscape, sculpture and […]
May 1, 2026
Edith Cowan University (ECU) has announced Western Australian-born artist Sarah Contos as the recipient of the 2027 Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) Grant Commission, recognising her dynamic contemporary practice, autobiographical content and intuitive connection to place. The commissioned work will be developed for exhibition at the ECU City Campus public gallery from 12 February to 7 […]
April 24, 2026
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Copyright Agency member, David Malouf AO, one of Australia’s most celebrated and influential writers, whose extraordinary body of work has shaped the nation’s literary landscape for more than half a century. A novelist, poet, essayist and librettist, David’s writing combined lyrical precision with profound insight […]
April 22, 2026
The impact of two of Australia’s richest fellowships for authors offered by the Copyright Agency is being brought to life through two new timely books, reaffirming the significance of important Fellowships for authors at crucial stages of their writing careers. At $80,000 each, the Copyright Agency’s Author Fellowship and Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing provide mid-career […]
April 15, 2026
Nadia Odlum’s practice begins with a simple but expansive premise: that cities are not just built environments, but living, shifting systems shaped by movement, experience and human connection. Working across painting, installation, sculpture and socially engaged projects, Odlum uses abstraction to explore how urban spaces are felt as much as they are seen. Their work […]
