Craig Dent: Strengthening intellectual property protections and contracts for your business
Craig Dent is the Creative Director of Parallel Wilds, a 3D creative writing platform for...
Writing Case Studies
Shankari Chandran: The Benefit of Legal Advice on her Creative Contract
In 2023, Shankari’s third novel won the prestigious Miles Franklin literary award. A few years...
Advising the Australasian Association of Writing Programs on best practice terms and conditions for writing competitions
Arts Law are always pleased to be approached by competition organisers for advice on how...
First-time and self-published author Karen Williams receives ‘invaluable’ legal advice from Arts Law
Karen Williams, a first-time author, approached Arts Law because not only did she want to ‘dot her i’s’ and ‘cross her t’s’ but it was...
Arts Law assists the Australian Fairy Tale Society with agreements for its historic anthology
The Australian Fairy Tale Society (‘AFTS’), is a national, not-for-profit, charity organisation which exists to...
Emerging Indigenous writer, Lystra Rose signs a publishing contract for her first book
Lystra Rose is an emerging Indigenous writer based in Queensland. In 2018, Lystra was awarded...
Fair terms for writing competitions – Arts Law helps the Australasian Association of Writing Programs
As part of Arts Law’s advocacy work, we regularly review the terms and conditions of...
What does your publishing contract say about acting independently with your book? Advising author Mohammed Massoud Morsi
Author Mohammed Massoud Morsi’s book “The Palace of Angels” was published in September 2019 by...
A writer has an extraordinary family history – what legal issues might arise when writing a literary work based on truth?
Andy Mia Kranz has an extraordinary family history. Andy, who has self-published her book, came...
Case Study – Prue Moriarty: Advising on Copyright and Defamation in a Fictional Novel
Arts Law was approached by Prue Moriarty, an author, who was seeking advice about her...
Arts Law works with Australian Book Review to improve the terms of its “2018 Calibre Essay Prize”
Arts Law regularly reviews the terms and conditions (Ts and Cs) of competitions and rates...
Jackie Moore: Someone wants to use my story! Now what?
Jackie Moore, an emerging writer from Queensland contacted Arts Law for advice on how she...
