Freshwater: A journey into liminal spaces
Explore the liminality of humanity and beyond with Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel, “Freshwater”, an extraordinary insight into another way of being.
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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.
A short history of Rakhine State (Myanmar)
Ali MC considers the statelessness of the Rohingya people, and how the ethnic divisions resulting from colonisation have left them with few allies.
“The Displaced”: invisibility and hypervisibility in a hostile climate
The stories in “The Displaced” give a voice to those who are seen, or feel to be, out of place, and testify to the inequalities still faced by many.
For the Lost: a review of “Beautiful Revolutionary”
Are some people more susceptible to joining a cult than others? To answer this, ‘Beautiful Revolutionary’ shifts the narrative lens onto the members of Peoples Temple and not their leader.
Indelible
This latest poem by Tessa Flemming delves into the unforgettable nature of trauma and is inspired by Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Brett Kavanaugh.
Magic and Society: Zubrzycki’s Empire of Enchantment
Zubrzycki’s book reveals an unknown side to Indian magic. Explore the history of magic in India, and how it has mirrored the culture.
The Children’s Book: Syrian children try expression through art
The drawings of children in Home reveal a depth of experience and imagination, arising from the midst of violence and conflict.
Russian Protest Artists
This poem from Kim Waters explores the importance of freedom of speech and artistic expression.
Poems from the edge of the Indian Ocean
Pettitt-Schipp’s debut book of poetry evokes the traumatic lives of refugees, the grandeur of nature and the importance of family.
Taking the Road Less Travelled: a review of A Free Flame
A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century Ann-Marie Priest When a voice speaks from a burning bush, you do what it says. So I imagine, anyway – I’ve never heard a voice in a burning bush. Ruth Park probably never did either, but it was her way of conveying that […]
Workers Remembered: A review of The Bridge
On the day I see The Bridge, at the Substation in Newport, there’s a State election in Victoria. I hadn’t planned it that way, but by election day, I’m glad to be seeing some theatre with its roots in the social realist Melbourne Workers Theatre, a (now-defunct) company that formed in Melbourne in 1987 out […]
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part VI: Premature by Rashaad Ernesto Green
The conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.