Place and Space: a review of We Are Here
We Are Here is a moving collection of creativity from people who have known homelessness.
Tag Archives: homelessness
City of Sirens
Performance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
Housing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
From homeless to hopeless
What if you were suddenly homeless, living on $2 a day? Would you survive the streets of Melbourne? Bec Bridges talks to Luke Robson about his documentary “No Right Turn”.
In His Stride: Chris’ Story
22-year-old Chris is young and talented, with a keen sense of humour and an adventurous spirit. He is also homeless. Hear his story as told by Right Now columnist Sylvie Leber.
Danny
Michael Green writes about his neighbour “Danny”, who instead of a house, has a street to call home.
Progressive Unease With a Bill of Rights
Joo-Cheong Tham warns against the expectation of “magic bullets” in tackling complex rights issues, in an article originally published in Right Now Magazine.
Here are the dogs
This story by Laura McPhee-Browne was shortlisted for Right Now’s Fiction Competition, judged by Anna Funder and Tony Birch.
Wednesday is cooking day
Short fiction from Laura McPhee-Browne, shortlisted for the Right Now Poetry and Fiction Competition, judged by Anna Funder and Tony Birch.
Reading between the lines
The Footpath Library has been making books more accessible to the homeless for a decade. Alexandra Hurley spoke to founder Sarah Garnett.