August 2, 2024
Alexis Wright has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel, Praiseworthy. In winning this year’s award, Alexis joins a distinguished group of two-time winners including Michelle de Kretser, Kim Scott, Thomas Keneally and Patrick White. Alexis won the 2007 award for her novel, Carpentaria. On winning the award, Wright said: “I am […]
August 2, 2024
On 31 July, the US Copyright Office released a report that recommends a new right to protect against ‘digital replicas’ – the use of digital technology to realistically replicate an individual’s voice or appearance. You can see the report here. The report says: The Copyright Office agrees with the numerous commenters that have asserted an […]
August 1, 2024
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund announces $428,835 funding for 25 Australian organisations and a further $100,000 for five writers and visual artists. The Grants for Organisations and Create Grants were awarded following a competitive application process to the respective grant programs. Earlier this year, the Cultural Fund announced a shift in funding priorities to accommodate the […]
August 1, 2024
We congratulate author and Copyright Agency member, Charlotte Wood, whose latest novel, Stone Yard Devotional, is longlisted for the world’s most influential prize for a work of fiction, The Booker Prize. She’s the first Australian in eight years to achieve a place on the longlist. The Booker longlist of 13 books, known as the ‘Booker […]
July 31, 2024
Vale Ray Lawler We pay tribute to trailblazing Australian playwright, Copyright Agency member Ray Lawler, who recently passed away, aged 103. Acknowledged as Australia’s most famous play, Ray wrote Summer of the Seventeeth Doll, and performed in its first production in 1955. After enormous success throughout Australia, the play subsequently travelled to London and New […]
July 31, 2024
Maya Mulhall, a teacher from Blackburn High School in Victoria, is the 2024 Reading Australia Fellow for teachers of English and literacy and teacher librarians. The Reading Australia Fellowship provides $15,000 to a leading English and/or literacy teacher or teacher librarian to undertake a career-enhancing research project that will benefit the successful Fellow as well as the […]
July 30, 2024
Our CEO, Jo Johnston took part in their first Vinnies CEO Sleepout back in June. Following a successful fundraising event, she wanted to share her experience from the night: “On 20 June I joined 1,591 CEOs across Australia to participate in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout and raise money to support Australians in need. With temperatures […]
July 26, 2024
On 25 July, UK-based Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) announced a new licence for text and data mining (TDM). You can see the announcement here. CLA describes TDM as ‘the process of using computational techniques to extract valuable insights and patterns from large volumes of information’. Its licence will allow organisations to carry out or perform […]
