Do you have suggestions for literary works by Malaysian women to be included in PEN International's "Know Her Words" project? Comment with your author and publication of choice here. Fiction, non-fiction and poetry are accepted!

I shared this the other day, but Lana Tatour's 'A History of Palestinian Dispossession' should be a touchstone essay for all overland.org.au/previous-issue…

Call for Ceasefire in Gaza by Australian Health Care Workers - Sign the Petition! chng.it/jk747Drh via @ChangeAUS

Only one week to go until writer, editor and artist André Dao delivers Writers Victoria's 2023 State of the Writing Nation address. Join us either in person at the Wheeler Centre or via livestream at 6.30pm on Tuesday 21 November. tinyurl.com/twsotwn

The Wheeler Centre is thrilled to announce the 2024 recipients of The Next Chapter, our landmark writing development program. The recipients are Raqiya Ahmed, claire cao, Jake Corvus, laniyuk and Maria van Neerven. Learn more about the writers here: tinyurl.com/twtnc24

Discover the Ukrainian women fighting for their country's sovereignty at 7.30pm, Thursday 23 November at the Wheeler Centre. Join Maria Tumarkin, Yana Mokhonchuk, Olga Boichak, Galyna Piskorska and Stanislava Pinchuk in person or via livestream. tinyurl.com/twukraine

Know how to float. If you find yourself in difficulty in the water, float on your back as your first response. Being able to float will increase your chance of survival. Learn how to Float first at dpanz.org.nz/float-first

Maxine Beneba Clarke’s 'The Hate Race' became an instant Australian memoir classic when it was published in 2016. In this interview, the poet, author and playwright talks about adapting her life story for the Malthouse Theatre stage. buff.ly/3T401Vw

This is the full press release about Australian PM Anthony Albanese today referred to ICC accused of complicity to genocide. Including info on the lawyers backing it and what they hope to achieve

Please come join in the JOY! An afternoon of Spoken Word @ Malthouse Theatre 9 March 2024 03:00 PM to 06:30 PM Labrish Spoken Word Events are FREE to attend. malthousetheatre.com.au/discover/labri… $40 discounted tickets to The Hate Race performance on these nights (Code: LABRISH)

There are still a handful of tickets left for most of the remaining performances of The Hate Race Malthouse Theatre, but be fast if you want to see it. Closes in just over a week. tickets.malthousetheatre.com.au/production/8566

Thinking this International Women’s Day of the Palestinian women & girls mothering and caring and existing under unthinkable circumstances: giving birth without pain relief; collecting dismembered parts of their children from the rubble of a genocide the world sat by and watched.

The Deakin NTEU Branch Committee stands in solidarity with Deakin Students for Palestine and supports the establishment of their encampment at our Burwood Campus. We echo their call for Deakin to disclose its ties with weapons manufacturers and divest from them.

When you pass a billboard advertising your poetry book for kids😮

"We reject passivity, cynicism, pessimism and lethargy. We replace them with hope, determination and civil disobedience." Overland is proud to publish this joint statement from 11 Palestine student solidarity encampments across Australia. overland.org.au/2024/05/statem…

As Victoria Universities begin dismantling student encampments protesting genocide, read this letter signed by 800+ Australian university academics & professional staff...“The students must be defended, the university reimagined” overland.org.au/2024/05/the-st… via @overlandjournal