Community, love and compassion: a review of The Power of Hope
Kon Karapanagiotidis tackles everything from adversity to self-esteem and discrimination in his amazing new book The Power of Hope.
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Review: ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
'The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology Occupation Around the World' is a must read for those wanting to understand how the oppression of Palestinians is intertwined with the export of military technologies worldwide.
Up close and personal with people from Timor-Leste’s LGBTIQ+ community
Content warning: please note this article may be confronting to some readers. Described within are the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people in Timor-Leste.
Home truths on migration, multiculturalism, racism and identity: a review of Alice Pung’s Close to Home
Pung’s new collection gives an insight into a diverse range of topics, exploring multiculturalism, racism and migration in modern Australia.
The Power of Human Connection: a review of The Fox Hunt
See how human connections forged online have saved a man’s life; Al Samawi explores how he came to question all that he had been taught.
Rape culture IS that bad: A Review of “Not That Bad”
“Not That Bad” is a varied and harrowing insight into rape culture, and all the realities associated with it.
The dimensionality of experience: a review of “The Hijab Files”
Maryam Azam explores the modern, and personal experience of wearing a hijab in her debut poetry book, “The Hijab Files”.
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Geoffrey Aitken questions the choice to keep quiet in the face of injustice.
Immigrant droplets
In her story “Immigrant droplets”, Ellen Perdriau personifies a body of water, reflecting on the changing world and changing lives of those around it.
Dislocation and belonging: a review of “Saudade”
Peres da Costa explores the pain of displacement in her book “Saudade”, set between the
far-flung places of Angola and Goa, similar because of their links to Portuguese colonisers.
In Visible Ink Interviews: Fadzi Whande
Kat George chats with Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategist Fadzi Whande about the opportunities and struggles for diversity, inclusion and empowerment that exist within our institutions.
In Visible Ink symposium: The museum as a site of trauma and healing
Sarah Yeung reviews the In Visible Ink symposium, in light of the role of museums as both sites of trauma and healing.
Where is the child’s mother? Father? A review of “Tell Me How it Ends”
Luiselli’s book “Tell Me How it Ends” reveals and humanises the plight of young refugees.