📣 Meet our new Editorial Director, Melanie Saward! 💥 🎉 @littleredwrites is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples. She is a writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland.

The @OverlandJournal Judith Wright Poetry Prize closes 14 November! The prize seeks outstanding poetry by writers anywhere in the world who have published no more than one collection. In 2022, the major prize is $6000. https://t.co/XiV5TzSJwo

Save the date: submissions for New Australian Fiction 2023, our fifth annual anthology, will open on Monday 30 January! We encourage writers from diverse backgrounds and all levels of experience to submit to this collection. More info here: https://t.co/Egdsk6dPT2

Vigils for young Cassius Turvey are underway across the country. Follow our live blog as we update the moments from this evening’s nationwide events: https://t.co/J3crqioX0Y

Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that “free speech” is actually a $8/mo subscription plan

Such strength from ‘Amy’. Another day in the colony.

I'm on a team of researchers seeking input from journos & media professionals in this continent, in relation to their experience of online harassment and abuse in relation to race, religion, ethnicity, disability, gender, sexuality. @IndigFutures @BronwynCarlson @MediaDiverseAU

Aboriginal community leaders are penning an open letter to voice their frustration over the WA government and police response following the death of Indigenous boy Cassius Turvey. https://t.co/48SJ268fvY

Let me break this down for you, and y'all can go break this down for others. "Rest in power" is not the woke version of "Rest in peace." It's not just cool, it's not a way to show you really liked someone, it's not something you say when a famous person you really liked dies.

Did you know today many Noongar people are mourning the anniversary of the Pinjarra massacre? Ask us why many in the community are so devastated and heartbroken that it feels like nothing has changed.

OPPORTUNITY ALERT! 🚨 We are recruiting for our next Executive Director. This is a rare opportunity for an emerging arts leader to develop their skills at an executive level and gain experience managing one of Australia’s premier literary festivals. https://t.co/Wa7YXrINtW

jews in australia tweeting about kanye/antisemitism, but saying nothing about Cassius Turvey, or the 4Corners report, or on and on: truly, shut up. know your place as a coloniser. recognise the reality of antisemitism here. know that no-one is free until everyone is free.

I can’t stop thinking about Cassius. Walking home from school, which he loved. His family say he had a strong sense of community & big Uncle energy at 15 years. Killed by white racists w a machete & pole, yelling racist slurs. White supremacy is murdering us. #JusticeforCassius

The 15-year-old was walking home from school with friends on October 13, when it's alleged he was viciously assaulted with a metal pole. He died on Sunday. A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder. Hear from his family: https://t.co/KA4hF9b9I3

I thought of Cassius constantly today. @FlyinGenie1 ended the symposium with Uncle Jack Charles’ beautiful rendition of Oodgeroo’s ‘Son of Mine’. I recommend you give it a listen. Rest in Power, Cassius. https://t.co/kUreRBQpc4

For any of you who think this colony is not designed to enslave, cage and destroy us Blak fullas, just look at what it has done to us in just one week. The amount of lives it has destroyed and taken. 😢

The Biden administration has collected $20 million from Afghans seeking refuge since July 2021 and approved only 123 HP applications. Meanwhile, they created a whole new immigration category for Ukrainians, expedited their cases, and have accepted 68000 of their refugees so far.

'The world is full of untold stories, hidden history, and uncovered mysteries. Our everyday magic, that which makes us uniquely queer, has largely gone untold.' Seth Malacari of @GetYAWordsOut invites LGBTIQA+ writers to submit to a new, YA anthology: https://t.co/bqtKmF9gCJ