ICYMI entries for the annual The Big Issue Australia fiction edition are open ❤️ I’ll be one of the judges this year! Free entry, 500-3000w and every selected writer is paid $500 (and gets to be in a gorgeous edition). Entries close 3 June 11:59PM AEST thebigissue.org.au/news/fiction/

Happy May Day! PERIPATHETIC is officially out now @newsouthpub Available at most independent bookstores in so-called Australia. DM me if you'd like to review the book or conduct an interview about it!

📢Call for Papers – Please Share!📢I'm editing a special issue on ‘The Neoliberal-Fascist Nexus’ for Distinktion exploring the relationship between neoliberalism and the far right – deadline for initial abstract proposals is 30th June 2024. #callforpapers #neoliberalism #fascism

How disappointing to read the 2023 Department of Education University staffing data release. University of Sydney reported the greatest total loss of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff with the decline of (35) staff, or (39.3) percent between 2022 to 2023. education.gov.au/higher-educati…

Research by Alexia Adhikari shows that Australia's universities have become addicted to consultants. Unis in QLD and Victoria alone spent over $200m. The really bad news is unis in other states are less upfront about how much they spend. #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia…

Liminal is delighted to announce the inaugural Liminal Festival for writers and readers! Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre, join us August 2—4.

What an incredible line-up of writers! 😍Congratulations to our friends at L I M I N A L for curating these events. Please check it out & book your tix ASAP.

"One of the most effective and common ways to silence artists is for government funding agencies, cultural institutions, and festivals to simply cease supporting their work." Daz Chandler on the relationship between precarity and censorship in the arts. overland.org.au/2024/06/naviga…

In our latest RE:HEAT newsletter, Eda (Ed-a) (HEAT S3 N8) writes searchingly on reading and religion after revisiting Helen Garner’s 1999 essay. Gunaydin’s piece is exclusive to our newsletter subscribers. Sign up: bit.ly/4eGqpO2

18 July Wangal/Ashfield/inner west Sydney Readings: Eda Gunaydin, Hasib Hourani & Dan Hogan Bands: Canine, Double Date & Urethra Stockade events.humanitix.com/peripathetic-w…

"Job threat for Australian university staff as claims international student cuts are being weaponised"- Guardian Australia discussing proposed cuts at UOW and LaTrobe even before changes to government policy are finalized. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Our festival bookseller, AMPLIFY BOOKSTORE, has pulled together a special liminal collection featuring limifest writers—pick up a new book online or join us at the The Wheeler Centre August 2-3. amplifybookstore.com/collections/li…

join us saturday 3 august The Wheeler Centre for CRITICAL LIMIT, a conversation examining the present state + potential futures of literary criticism. ft the sharpest critics this cursed country has to offer Eda (Ed-a), mikey + symbolic human 😈 wheelercentre.com/events/critica…

Join a conversation with Eda (Ed-a) and acclaimed author Felicity Castagna. They will explore how place impacts creative expression, and how residency programs support emerging #writers in their practice. Balmain Library Thursday 29 August, 6.30pm eventbrite.com.au/e/speaker-seri…

Great opportunity for a young emerging Australian writer to get support for a small project. Applications for the Dinny O'Hearn Fellowship at UniMelb close 9 September, 2024. Please spread word. L I M I N A L Giramondo Publishing Overland Journal scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/dinny-o…

This Fri! I'll be reading from PERIPATHETIC, alongside hasib (ROCK FLIGHT), Anjali manisha tigga (NAAG MOUNTAIN) & Jordan Prosser (BIG TIME), at a special Make It Up Club performance event with music by Genevieve Fry & Raghav Lakshman. Free, but RSVP: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/make-it-…

many words to avoid writing “invasion”