University of Queensland directs UQP to cancel & pulp an Aboriginal writer's environmental-focused book for children. Jazz Money has done nothing wrong and doesn't deserve to be treated this way. Her book is important for young readers. Shameful

Logo with the words “OUR FUTURE MEMORY” in large letters filled with photographic imagery. To the right is Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) After Violence Project logo, with “HMML” above a boxed design containing the words “AFTER VIOLENCE PROJECT” and a small play icon.

📢 A step forward for digital memory rights!

@InternetArchive.EU new signatories have joined the “Statement on Digital Rights,” strengthening a global push to protect how memory institutions preserve & share knowledge, history, and testimony.

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blog.archive.org/2026/04/10/d...

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A disgraceful end. Melbourne University is a captured organization with no backbone

a bit basic but like Railway and the new MS standard Aptos

Bundyi acquires Lawrie’s picture book | Books+Publishing Purchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium content on Books+Publishing.

Thrilled to announce that my latest acquisition as Publiser at Large for @bundyipublishing.bsky.social is BELLA’S JOURNEY by Rowena Lawrie.

BELLA’S JOURNEY is a reimagining of the classic tale of Swan Lake. Due for release in late 2026.

www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

#mobsky

Death of a Memorial | Critical Forum A day of talks, poetry, and workshops exploring truth, memory, and resistance in First Nations art and history at UTS.

Sydney based ppl or ppl in town over the weekend
come to this Critical Forum that compliments & dare I say commemorates Brook Andrew's Death of a Memorial exhibition. The event will be a living counter monument with weaving, deep discussions and poetry
events.humanitix.com/death-of-a-m...

I see Aunty Lidia has upset the settlers again.

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

The silencing continues...

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Either universities are private businesses that get to set their own priorities or they’re public goods that are obligated to serve everyone. You can’t have it both ways.

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.

"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...

No, it doesn’t add up! #UniMelb should and can do better!
#Meanjin #MUP #Australia #Publishing #CultureMatters #AcademicSky #ResearchSky

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations – and it’s not about money New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

No comment and all class @anatolitis.bsky.social

Meanjin closing & AI stealing the work of authors. Times are tough for Australian writers. Please sign

chng.it/p4KFP8BB9Y #australianwriters

Meanjin should be saved somehow. Hope that still happens

It just does not add up. We're aware of at four offers being put to MUP to clear their financial woes @andyhazel.bsky.social @nickfeik.bsky.social

'Segregation's Constant Gardeners': How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.

the lineage of Karens

none of this is new

Exhibit A

psmag.com/social-justi...

my incredibly niche poem

The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.

theconversation.com/the-decision...

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN

Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.

A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.

Why should accountants, human-resource managers & real-estate developers be interested in promoting Australian literature?

writing on green background: my archive fever is burning up living libraries becoming ashes while we preserve paper

Twitter is owned by a neo-Nazi, the LA Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal are owned by pro-Trump billionaires, and CBS News will soon be run by a far-right Likud extremist. American media still has a liberal bias problem.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia’s cultural landscape and the nation’s second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.