Bidjara Dreaming
Bidjara Dreaming is a poem based off true stories handed down to Leroy Wilson from his grandfather and great-grandmother from the Bidjara country
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Weaponised weathers: heat, Don Dale, and ‘everything-ist’ prison abolition
Oppressive heat, humidity and poor ventilation: how Australia’s carceral system weaponises more-than-human forces, like the weather.
The Personal is Political is Speculative
Claire G Coleman blurs the lines between the personal, political and speculative, asking us to reconsider where it is our stories come from.
Accessing the Koori Court is a Human Right
The Koori Court is essential to participation by the Aboriginal community in the sentencing of Aboriginal people.
The Spinifex People: Then and now
When the Australian Government allowed nuclear testing in the remote Northern Territory, the lives of the Anangu changed forever. These photographs from the 1950s and now speak to their story.
Water, water, everywhere?
We are inseparable from water — more than relying on it, we are constituted by it. Alison Whittaker reflects on the water crisis and its colonial roots.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander publishing stronger than ever
Claire Wilson sits down with Magabala Books to find out how Australia’s leading Indigenous publisher turns out some of the “most dynamic, exciting and impressive literature currently being published in Australia.”
Maralinga Nuclear Test site South Australia
Writer Di Cousens imagines the desolate landscape of Maralinga Nuclear Test site in South Australia.
Radical Heart, the inside story of the Uluru Statement of the Heart
Shireen Morris takes readers on an intimate journey into the inner workings of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Radical Heart is an important contribution to understanding the limits of constitutional reform in Australia as well as providing clear insights into exactly why this is required.
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.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia: a review
A collection of diverse, deeply personal and insightful experiences from a range of Indigenous Australian authors.
Reflections In Visible Ink: Storytelling to Heal What Hurts
Participants from the In Visible Ink symposium reflect upon the prospects of trauma, memory and healing that emerge when we tell difficult stories.