Both Boochani and Saleh defy their oppressors’ attempts to dehumanise with poetic agency; celebrating their respective cultures and human collectives.
Perth Storyfest 2025 – Program
PERTH STORYFEST 2025 SUNDAY 6 APRIL – SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Time: 9 AM to 6 PM Schedule Time Event 9:00 – 9:30 AM Acknowledgement of Country Director’s welcome from Prema Arasu 9:30 – 9:50…
TranslationsRashida Murphy reviews the book by Jumaana Abdu
Author: Publisher: Reviewer: Jumaana Abdu (2024) Vintage Books Australia Rashida Murphy In her author’s note at the end of Translations, Jumaana Abdu writes, “I don’t know that there is any justice in attempting to make coherent a level of…
The Writers’ Collective Launch – some photos
The Writers’ CollectiveA Perspective
In January 2024, when the much-awaited Perth Writers Festival was being sold to the writing community in Perth, the war in Gaza was already three months old, with casualties mounting daily, most of the dead being children and women. Today,…