"We are aware that there is a tremendous amount of suffering going on. There is shock, there is fear, anger, hatred and sadness, in ourselves and in the world. In this moment we invoke all our spiritual teachers to be with us, helping... ~Thich Nhat Hanh, 2001 Via Tao & Zen See the text in the photo

Pleased to announce a last-minute addition to the Rivers of Reason: Aboriginal & Arab Writers in Conversation - a poetry reading by renown Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish. Excited that Najwan has travelled from Jerusalem and will be joining us in Adelaide. events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...

Happy lunar new year to one and all. May the year of the fire horse bring us peace, joy, good health and safety. I really enjoyed seeing these photos of the history of lunar new year in Australia here, but think some of the photos might not have accurate captions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Across Australia: protest the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog on Monday 9 February. We will not be complicit in genocide. #Auspol #Gaza

Not today, or any day

Hello. Happy new year. Connect with community. Touch grass. Care a lot for others. Love as hard as you can. Do what makes you happy. Make art, music, joy. Keep on keeping on. ❤️

Such a wonderful surprise to see this. Thank you for reading 💞 www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

My response to anything over the next two weeks

1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence. The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide. If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.

Interview with director of Left Handed Girl—representing Taiwan at the Oscars—is featured in the latest episode of BBC Arts Hour. Shih-Ching Tsou’s family drama set in the night markets of Taipei has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and is streaming on Netflix. www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

Obviously be careful of reposting this if you work for the ABC

Vale Martin Parr, photographer extraordinaire. ‘There’s something very interesting about boring.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Strange new poem of mine in new edition of Cordite Poetry, edited by Andy Jackson 🙏🏼 cordite.org.au/poetry/preca...

almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

Very excited to be the first featured guest on the official WeChat channel of the Australian Consulate in Shanghai—click through for WeChat link. Translation available + video is in English. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Huzyd8wqFt...

Anyone who’s ever been bullied by a child bully or an adult bully will recognise the truth of the testimonials in this article www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring. www.theverge.com/report/82231...

Today’s reads 😍

I’m going to miss the Scottish Chinese poet Sean Wai Keung as he ends his residency at Varuna—such kinship! We are both Hakka; we both write about food, identity and migration; we both love eating with others (of cos). Read his poetry pls 🥟

@brocklesnitch.bsky.social wrote this and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it and yes it was very funny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What’s this? Yet more research concluding that robust public investment in the arts yields economic benefits? A great outcome for Ireland, and a rebuke to all those tired cliches about freeloading artists sapping the resources of the state. But also, art enriches us all, economic benefits or no.

It’s been amazing sweetie 🫶🏼

I’ve been collecting jade for over 30 years, so to see this collection in the Shanghai History Museum is a culmination of many long-held dreams.

Such a joy to read poetry to students at the Shanghai Community International School today 🌟

This city—this magic city—✨

“the nobel can’t possibly award an Asian lady after it awarded an Asian lady last year” and ofc they’re kind of right? it just tells you what kind of prize it is

Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media. The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters. They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters. Israel is once again breaking international law

Just me, the poet Eileen Chong, writing poems in a cafe in the building where the novelist Eileen Chang lived 😱😱😱

I hate it when people compare the amount of heat the ocean has absorbed to the power of atomic bombs dropped on Japan. It’s gruesome and not relatable. As my Japanese PhD student said when he heard the comparison, “It’s not a good memory for us.”

New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.

Beautiful Huangyan in Taizhou, Zhejiang

‘Muslim women in particular face “the rap” of these incidents. It is well-documented that Muslim women are overwhelmingly targeted in Islamophobic attacks.’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Shanghai has my heart because the people have my heart. 💗 with the esteemed writers Ms. Yin Huifen and Mr. Lou Yaofu, aka my new mum and dad, in Jiading

Stylish men of Shanghai 😍😍😍

@yilinwriter.bsky.social and I have been friends online for 5 years. We finally got to meet in person this week in the magical city of Shanghai. Here we are in the garden of the Lu Xun museum reading poetry together. 💕

A few pictures from the rally against @mupublishing.bsky.social for their disgraceful axing of Meanjin - permanent shame on those involved in the decision. Melbourne Uni once again committing cultural arson. Thanks to @beneltham.bsky.social for bringing everyone together

Shanghai, city of cats 😍😍😍

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

Eating my paternal grandmother’s favourite fruit in the land of her birth. 🫶🏼

My grandfather used to say: “Wasps get mean in autumn because they know their time is nearly done.” Certain people are like that, too…

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

Not one, but three people asked me for directions today. That’s how much I fit in on these streets. I actually love it.

Shanghai Writing Program 2025 officially opened yesterday. So happy to be here in the land of my ancestors sharing my poetry and meeting other writers. 💕

I am in Shanghai, China as a representative for Australia in the prestigious international Shanghai Writers’ Program. At the poetry reading on the Bund on 12 Oct, I will be reading the first poem I ever had published. It was published in Meanjin in 2010. This news is shocking & a huge blow to AusLit

It’s really strange but Shanghai feels so familiar to me because it really reminds me of Singapore in terms of landscape, architecture, urban layouts, etc. I thought it would feel much more foreign to me. But it feels like my very cells know I’m in the land of my ancestors. It’s hard to explain this

Shanghai is trying to tell me something something

Israel murders journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel...