AustLit

'When it comes to arguments about racist language, we think too much about the intention of the person saying the words, rather than the feelings of the person hearing the words. That’s a paraphrase of a brief but significant discussion in The Australian Dream, a must-see documentary about indigenous AFL star Adam Goodes.'(Introduction)

'Observers of premiers conferences, as they were then called, in Canberra in the first half of the 1970s often remarked that the outstanding participant among the federal and state politicians attending was South Australian premier Don Dunstan.' (Introduction)

'A literary gang is forming. It is made up of writers outside of mainstream White Australia recording their experience of living under its dominion. This new wave is characterised by political urgency and has bloomed alongside, or from within, the identity politics movement.' (Introduction)

'Meg Mundell’s The Trespassers is a clever, complex and ambitious novel that could be about colonisation or seeking refuge; perhaps both.'(Introduction)

'Are words and images allies or enemies on book covers? Book designer WH Chong has some thoughts on striking the right balance between the two.' (Introduction)