Canberra
Where this journal starts: the people making work here, the places people gather and the habits that hold a city together. Useful pages first; nothing listed that we haven’t checked.
Reading and belonging
Book clubs in Canberra
Three real host-listed groups, with a reading focus and a direct route to the current programme. We will expand the guide as more primary sources are checked.
Beside, not opposite
A social atlas of parallel company, shared tasks, games and familiar rooms, with sourced local starting points.
Why read together if nobody is talking?
Why people might gather to read their own books in silence, and what a reported version of this note will need to find out.
Creative work
Next on the desk
What concrete tells us about belonging
Can a short, accessible walk past Canberra’s civic buildings show who public architecture is for?
The room before the headliner
Who makes a small gig feel like a scene, before anyone famous walks on?
Where we look
Public Canberra networks we read to find work. None is a partner, and a listing here is not an endorsement either way.
photo access
Photo-media, digital and sound artists
Megalo Print Studio
Print, riso and artist books
Curieux
Student writing, illustration and music at the University of Canberra
Blank Cultural Platform
Creative practice and activations in Civic
MusicACT
Contemporary and emerging music in the ACT
Craft + Design Canberra Festival
Design, makers and open studios; the 2026 festival runs 5–15 November