Alexis Wright's acceptance speech, 'How do we survive an uncertain future? In Praiseworthy, I looked at the reality of our circumstances and what it would mean to face the challenge of living on a burning planet and carrying our culture and ancient wisdom into the future.'…

NZ! You can now see The Moon is Upside Down in cinemas.

Kiwi comedy Moon is a clever and blackly funny gem
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I don't know who she is but she's iconic. A true queen.

Alexis Wright makes history, winning the Stella Prize for the 2nd time! 'Praiseworthy is not only a great Australian novel – perhaps the great Australian novel – it's also a great Waanyi novel'
Here's the audio of our conversation📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/alexis… Giramondo Publishing

Wrote about AUKUS, its problems, and how on multiple foreign policy issues it’s been the work of activists and citizens that has driven a debate on what is being done overseas in NZ’s name. Time to bring foreign policy out of the shadows & into the light: thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350264….

💚💚💚 Just so thrilled about this. Praiseworthy, like all of Alexis Wright's work, is mind and life-shifting.

As ⁦Tim Murphy⁩ said earlier today, “words matter”.

Bob Carr's lawyers send legal letter to Winston Peters 1news.co.nz/2024/05/02/bob…

And Alexis it is! #2024stellaprize

One of our members is a university lecturer, so Emmy had a chat with 95bFM about her work as a criminologist and how the Three Strikes law is a capitalist attack on the working class. You can listen to the recording here: 95bfm.com/bcast/ready-st…

Princeton has arrested and evicted one third of its graduating African American studies majors. It has also locked the doors of Toni Morrison Hall, where the department is housed and which is right next to the encampment. Super racist stuff guys!

House votes 320-91 to urge the Department of Education to codify criticism of Israel as unlawful antisemitism

Once they arrest all the protestors, ban Tik Tok and make it illegal to say 'Israel bad' it should be smooth sailing from there

Become a writer! Just squeeze it in between your two other jobs and full-time equivalent commitments!

Willie Jackson slams the National Govt for backing the Section 7AA repeal of the Oranga Tamariki Act they introduced & disrespecting the Waitangi Tribunal esp Seymour 'who thinks his Party has more mana than some of our most respected Māori leaders' shorturl.at/jns13 #nzpol

Judith Butler: “If calling for an end of genocide is understood as making a Jewish student feel unsafe, then the safety of the situation has been oddly co-opted by that particular Jewish student. Palestinians are the one in need of safety [from genocide]” theintercept.com/2024/05/01/jud…

Every poem is trying to be the last free words on earth.

—Victoria Chang, from 'Homage to Life, 2003'

it's so so so so crazy to have young people in this hell of a world, tell them that this is going to be -- no money, no jobs, you can't pay rent, and we're going to use your tax money for genocide -- and then punish them when they say we don't want this life

I love them motherjones.com/media/2024/05/…

Is this 'Raise the energy' or one of the 'Take decisions' ones? #GrowingTheEconomy
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#News #disability #HuhanaHickey #LouiseUpston Disabled voice needed on review panel dlvr.it/T6HmsS