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20
Nov
2024
2024 Word of the Year
Cost of living pressures behind Dictionary’s Word of the YearWidespread dissatisfaction with the cost of groceries and an investigation...
04
Nov
2024
Winning essays from the 2024 Swiss Prize
The Swiss Prize is a trilingual essay competition held annually since 1998 by the Swiss Embassy in Australia in collaboration with the ANU...
30
Oct
2024
Australia in 100 Words by Dr Amanda Laugesen
A new book, “Australia in 100 Words,” by Amanda Laugesen, Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) has just hit the...
17
Oct
2024
The Project Making Sign Language Cinema More Accessible
Sign language cinema has been booming in recent years. More films and series in sign language have now been released since 2010 than in the...
01
Oct
2024
Big brother is (still) watching: why the lessons of 1984 are more important than ever
In the 75 years since its publication, 1984 has left a lingering mark on our world – well beyond the year it was fictionally set in.
The...
27
Sep
2024
SLLL people in the 2024 Canberra Writers Festival events
The 2024 Canberra Writers Festival is taking place during 23-27 October in Canberra. Founded in 2016, the festival celebrates literature,...
24
Sep
2024
Applications Open for Ethel Tory Scholarship 2024, Round 2
Applications for Spring Session 2024, Semester 1 2025, Summer and Autumn Sessions 2025, open until 27 October 2024.
Each year the ANU...
