The best picture books are pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here The best children’s picture books can be pure magic for adults too: witty and wise prose or poetry that is a joy to read aloud, coupled with vivid, evocative illustrations that live on in the memory – and the culture – for decades. Australia has produced more than its fair share of classics, from the effortlessly educational to the cheekily irreverent, and we want you to nominate your favourite for a major reader’s poll we will run in late January: the best Australian children’s picture book of all time. Primarily intended to be read aloud to children who don’t yet read independently; Able to be read in a few minutes – we’re looking for a child’s picture book, rather than a graphic novel or illustrated chapter book; Written by an Australian (or someone we’ve claimed); Published in Australia. Continue reading...

A randomly ordered list of Indigiqueer scholars and thinkers that explore queerness, Indigineity, and creative artmaking Across our program we have learned from the powerful work of Indigenous scho…

Exploring Queer Indigenous Creativity

On any given day they could be trying to legislate / that you’re not a woman. / On any given day we could be spooning in bed / archival as ammonite / the cats mirrored as new fern’s Fibonacci beside us.