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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Judith wright - The Untold Story

Australian poetry classics: Francis Webb, the 20th century’s ‘most unjustly neglected poet’, is our best kept literary secret

In this series, we explore influential Australian poems.

The Conversation

Australian poetry classics: Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s A Song of Hope created a legacy to build on

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

The Conversation

The premier, the poet and the fight to save a frog

As amphibian enthusiasts get ready to hop into FrogID Week, hope persists that one of Australia's most bizarre creatures may survive.

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Alexis Wright has revitalised Australian literature, but a new book by a ‘superfan’ overlooks an important aspect of her work

Is there an author more fêted and adored in Australia right now than Alexis Wright? In the two years since the publication of her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (2023), she has been garlanded with awards and ascended to new heights of international recognition, including entering the betting table last year as…

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No country for old poets? Barry Hill’s Lamb is a work of vitality and rejuvenation

If any generalisations can be made of Australian poetry, one of them might be that Australia is no country for old poets. It is hard enough finding an audience while you’re alive. Then, when you’re no longer around to read or speak of them, your poems will likely slip into…

The Conversation

Bohemian, artist, conservationist: breathing humanity into the man who fought to protect Queensland’s rainforest and reef

John Büsst earned the moniker “The Bingil Bay Bastard”. From his self-built homestead in Bingil Bay, he campaigned from the early 1960s against grazing and agricultural industries seeking to fell the tropical forests of north Queensland.

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Women’s Work Is Never Done review – decay, dildos and the disappeared enliven a great unravelling

Catherine de Zegher, a prolific Belgian curator, lets a host of artists loose to tackle everything from eco-feminism to childbirth to torture in South America

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'Excavating something I barely had language for': two memoirs of disability and family explore Deafness and dwarfism

In my many years of reading and writing about disability and chronic illness, my preference leans toward books that look outward, rather than inward, in their approach to truth-telling. The intricacies of living in a marginalised body tend to feel more philosophical if they resist solipsism and reach toward the…

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Sarah Holland-Batt wins $25,000 top prize at Queensland literary awards

The poet’s premier’s award for The Jaguar, a collection about the death of her father, follows Stella prize win earlier this year

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Henry Lawson and Judith Wright were deaf – but they’re rarely acknowledged as disabled writers. Why does that matter?

Most of us know Henry Lawson and Judith Wright are icons of Australian literature. But it’s less well known that they were both disabled.

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Filmmaker Joanna Joy and traditional owners bring to life Judith Wright's Generations of Men

A short film inspired by renowned author Judith Wright's family history in colonial Queensland has showcased the resilience of First Nations people – and brought a diverse community together.

ABC News

Judith Wright, an activist poet who was ahead of her time

Judith Wright is a giant of Australian letters. Though most famous as a poet, she was also a very fine writer in prose, and it is this dimension of her writing that is brought to life in a new selection of her non-fiction.

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