Thank you Dave Sharma for meeting Sebastien Lai #FreeJimmyLai; from the international legal team for Sebastien & his father, Jimmy Lai, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC & Jen Robinson; & journalist & former prisoner Peter Greste Alliance for Journalists' Freedom. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai. #auspol 🇦🇺

#JoseRubénZamora Urgent Appeal filed with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture Urgent Appeal, by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC & Tatyana Eatwell. 𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙯𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖 #ZamoraLibre #FreeZamora Read more here: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/jose-rube…

Discover Australian poetry excellence at Poetry Month 2024 this August. Find out more: tinyurl.com/3fuy48zs Red Room Poetry #PoetryMonth

Ep115 has fabulous Indigenous authors Victor Steffensen & Isobel Bevis. Shortlisted for Wilderness Society Karajia Awards for Children's Literature. We chat Indigenous Land management, stories in language, accidental authors, amazing illustrators. Listen here buzzsprout.com/1718602/154719…

For an on-the-ground examination of how the fossil fuel industry captured Australia, check out 'Slick: Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil' — out tomorrow via UQPBooks uqp.com.au/books/slick

Amazing to see Bridget Brennan become ABC News Breakfast's new co-host. Bridget is a talented journalist, and we’re so excited about this new chapter!

Melbourne International Games Week is back and bigger than ever for its 10th anniversary edition 👾🎮🎲 We're so excited to be involved in another year of this epic celebration of games. Program details in the media release: shorturl.at/BurPO #MIGW24 #videogames

Come and hear all about Royce's brilliant investigation into the oil and gas industry. Read an excerpt from the book via Crikey: crikey.com.au/2024/07/30/aus…

"I cannot see the logic of AUKUS at all." "How we can commit so much money to a really doubtful operation, I don't know." Don Watson joins After America to discuss political violence, America’s deep divisions & the US-Australia relationship. #auspol Emma Shortis @BlackIncBooks

Don't miss Kate Fitz-Gibbon in Brisbane 🗓️Monday 28 October 2024 ⏰ 6.00pm 🎟️ bit.ly/3ZK8xMX 📍 Avid Reader, 193 Boundary Street, West End QLD She will joined in conversation by Dave Kramer, hosted by Natalie Siegel-Brown.

Thanks to Crikey for publishing an extract from my new Monash University Publishing short book ‘Our National Crisis: Violence against Women and Children’. Here I detail some of the different forms of abuse experience by family violence victim-survivors. 👉🏼 Read via crikey.com.au/2024/10/10/men…

Great to see this support coming thru in the UK #FreeJimmyLai

Sydney based connections: Glebe Books is hosting an 'In conversation' event in November on my new short book, 'Our National Crisis: Violence against Women and Children'. 🗣️ I am thrilled to be in conversation with Lucy Turnbull AO. Join us on Friday 15th November from 6pm. 🎟️

Today from 9am on 3rrrfm: Kate Fitz-Gibbon on Australia’s national crisis of family & domestic violence against women & children; Sean Reynolds on his book Melbourne Ghost Signs; Amanda Laugesen (Amanda Laugesen) on Australia’s linguistic history in 100 words rrr.org.au/explore/progra…

This essay is essential reading for anyone preparing for the upcoming federal election. The political center of gravity in Australia has shifted back to the southern states. Previously, Queensland was the key swing state, but that dynamic has changed. For nearly two decades,

With more indie publishers being acquired by multinationals, what does this mean for Aussie authors, booksellers and readers? Alice Grundy explores this worrying trend in Aus publishing, what’s driving it, & what we lose when we lose our indie publishers shorturl.at/ynPGK

In this adapted extract from What’s the Big Idea? Louise Adler looks at the failure of Australian cultural leaders shying from risk and artistic vision – and letting the tail wag the dog Australia Institute Alice Grundy theguardian.com/australia-news…

Defamation law means the rape allegations you hear about in the media are the tip of the iceberg ⁦Jen Robinson⁩ on #women’s not so #freespeech & gendered violence in Australia Australia Institute ⁦Guardian Australia⁩ theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…