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Shaken staff and an author exodus: how a picture book plunged an acclaimed Australian publisher into a crisis over antisemitism

The cancellation of Jazz Money’s children’s book Bila, A River Cycle over comments by the book’s illustrator, Matt Chun, has led to the publisher’s potential collapse

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‘Blood-pumping’, ‘outstanding’, ‘urgent and essential’: the best Australian books out in April

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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State Library Victoria surveyed presenters’ social media for political content before terminating contracts, emails show

Library requested details of Israel-Gaza views posted by writers hosting workshops to guarantee ‘strict policy of neutrality’

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Australian literature has long been ‘hijacked by activists’. This has made it richer. Let’s not go backwards

Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice

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Authors question State Library over cancelled workshops

Prominent authors have signed a letter to the State Library of Victoria, protesting against the postponement of teen writing workshops by pro-Palestine writers.

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State Library Victoria staff accuse management of ‘censorship and discrimination’ over pro-Palestine authors controversy

Library says decision to defer workshops not based on ‘political beliefs or identity of anyone involved’

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Writers puzzled after State Library Victoria cancels workshops for teens citing ‘child and cultural safety’

Omar Sakr, Jinghua Qian and Alison Evans have been left to speculate on whether cancellations relate to their pro-Palestinian stances

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‘If I must die, let it bring hope’: the power of poetry in the Palestinian struggle

Thousands of dollars have been raised around the world as writers unite in support of civilians in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

‘Plenty to savour’, ‘sensual’, ‘a great gift’: the best Australian books out in April

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

What does it mean to be under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella?

What do the LGBTQIA+ letters stand for – and what does it mean to identify with one (or more) of them? The Drum asked three people about their identity and why it is important to them.

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George Haddad and Omar Sakr centre bisexual Arab Australian protagonists in their debut novels

They grew up without queer role models but now these two debut novelists turn to fiction – and to bisexual protagonists – to address complex personal and political histories.

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Son of Byblos brings a nuanced and powerful understanding of Lebanese family life to the Australian stage

Review: Son of Byblos, directed by Anna Jahjah for Brave New World Theatre Company

The Conversation

Omar Sakr's 'epic, stunningly dirty' debut novel challenges macho heterosexual myths of Arab-Australian culture

Son of Sin, the debut novel from writer and poet Omar Sakr, tells the tale of Jamal Smith, a young Arab-Australian growing up in Western Sydney. Sakr’s two poetry collections, These Wild Houses (2017) and The Lost Arabs (2019), were widely admired, and the latter won the 2020 Prime Minister’s…

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‘I had a lot of self-loathing’: Omar Sakr on being queer, Arab, Muslim and Australian

Revisiting ‘terrifying and traumatising’ moments from his own life, the poet’s debut novel Son of Sin explores a young man’s sexual awakening in a conservative migrant community

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Son of Sin by Omar Sakr review – a queer Muslim boy comes of age in poetic, vivid debut

A sexual awakening underscores bigger tensions – of faith, racism, tradition and shame – in a tender and candid first novel from the prize-winning poet

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