Liminal
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Founded in 2016, Liminal is an anti-racist literary journal publishing art + writing, criticism + conversations / AGAINST DISAPPEARANCE out now
We're sad to see Meanjin shut its pages. For both writers + readers, a healthy literary ecosystem + cultural landscape requires many more, not less, literary journals.
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Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
We're sad to see Meanjin shut its pages. For both writers + readers, a healthy literary ecosystem + cultural landscape requires many more, not less, literary journals.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
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Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
out now -------- Brian Castro on Kristeva; Bryant Apolonio on Brian Castro; Ouyang on Yu; Alice Bellette on Shapeshifting; Ian Rafael Ramirez on McKenzie Wark; Revan Oluklu on video
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Liminal Review of Books — LIMINAL
A new series of Literary Criticism.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
out now -------- Brian Castro on Kristeva; Bryant Apolonio on Brian Castro; Ouyang on Yu; Alice Bellette on Shapeshifting; Ian Rafael Ramirez on McKenzie Wark; Revan Oluklu on video
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If you need something genuinely lovely to read today 💜
For interview #227, Jeff Fatt speaks to Emma Do about a life in music, family legacies, and the origins of his sleepy persona.
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Interview #227—Jeff Fatt — LIMINAL
“‘Wake Up Jeff!’ will see me to my grave, which I’m quite grateful for.”
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July 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
If you need something genuinely lovely to read today 💜
For interview #227, Jeff Fatt speaks to Emma Do about a life in music, family legacies, and the origins of his sleepy persona.
www.liminalmag.com/interviews/j...
www.liminalmag.com/interviews/j...
Interview #227—Jeff Fatt — LIMINAL
“‘Wake Up Jeff!’ will see me to my grave, which I’m quite grateful for.”
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July 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
For interview #227, Jeff Fatt speaks to Emma Do about a life in music, family legacies, and the origins of his sleepy persona.
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Congratulations to the Liminal team for this award - it is so well deserved! 🙌👏
We are honoured to receive the 2025 NSW Literary Awards "Special Award", offered in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the literary life of Australia, to a literary work not covered by the existing categories.
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Special Award
Content from the State Library of New South Wales.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to the Liminal team for this award - it is so well deserved! 🙌👏
We are honoured to receive the 2025 NSW Literary Awards "Special Award", offered in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the literary life of Australia, to a literary work not covered by the existing categories.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-l...
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-l...
Special Award
Content from the State Library of New South Wales.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au
May 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We are honoured to receive the 2025 NSW Literary Awards "Special Award", offered in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the literary life of Australia, to a literary work not covered by the existing categories.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-l...
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O board overlord
gift me a small gift
to make a small artwork that you will approve and like
and I offer you my undying allegiance
as well as my unquestioning mind~ Yumna Kussab
Brave as ever @liminalmag.bsky.social 💕
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gift me a small gift
to make a small artwork that you will approve and like
and I offer you my undying allegiance
as well as my unquestioning mind~ Yumna Kussab
Brave as ever @liminalmag.bsky.social 💕
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O Board Overlord — LIMINAL
a poem by Yumna Kassab
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February 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
O board overlord
gift me a small gift
to make a small artwork that you will approve and like
and I offer you my undying allegiance
as well as my unquestioning mind~ Yumna Kussab
Brave as ever @liminalmag.bsky.social 💕
www.liminalmag.com/spectacle/yu...
gift me a small gift
to make a small artwork that you will approve and like
and I offer you my undying allegiance
as well as my unquestioning mind~ Yumna Kussab
Brave as ever @liminalmag.bsky.social 💕
www.liminalmag.com/spectacle/yu...
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thrilled to see another liminal digital chapbook today – a small joy amidst the horrors!
SPECTACLE / new work by Yumna Kassab, Annie Zhang, Judy Kuo, Kushim Magani, Aurelia Guo & Dilan Gunawardana.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
thrilled to see another liminal digital chapbook today – a small joy amidst the horrors!
SPECTACLE / new work by Yumna Kassab, Annie Zhang, Judy Kuo, Kushim Magani, Aurelia Guo & Dilan Gunawardana.
www.liminalmag.com/spectacle
www.liminalmag.com/spectacle
February 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
SPECTACLE / new work by Yumna Kassab, Annie Zhang, Judy Kuo, Kushim Magani, Aurelia Guo & Dilan Gunawardana.
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Powerful statement from @liminalmag.bsky.social, @leahjing.bsky.social & @mxcreant.bsky.social.
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A Statement from the Liminal Editors — LIMINAL
Liminal stands in solidarity with artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Powerful statement from @liminalmag.bsky.social, @leahjing.bsky.social & @mxcreant.bsky.social.
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As we wrap up our eighth year, it is so lovely to be shortlisted for the Asia Pacific 2025 IMPACT Award.
Our congratulations to the incredible projects and artists shortlisted—what brilliant company!
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Our congratulations to the incredible projects and artists shortlisted—what brilliant company!
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Asia Pacific Arts Awards 2025
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January 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As we wrap up our eighth year, it is so lovely to be shortlisted for the Asia Pacific 2025 IMPACT Award.
Our congratulations to the incredible projects and artists shortlisted—what brilliant company!
creative.gov.au/advocacy-and...
Our congratulations to the incredible projects and artists shortlisted—what brilliant company!
creative.gov.au/advocacy-and...
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excited to be working with @liminalmag.bsky.social again this year to support our 2025 writing fellow 🩵
Congratulations to Wen-Juenn Lee, winner of the 2025 Liminal
x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
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x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
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January 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
excited to be working with @liminalmag.bsky.social again this year to support our 2025 writing fellow 🩵
Congratulations to Wen-Juenn Lee, winner of the 2025 Liminal
x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
www.liminalmag.com/prizes-fello...
x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
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January 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Congratulations to Wen-Juenn Lee, winner of the 2025 Liminal
x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
www.liminalmag.com/prizes-fello...
x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship!
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"I should add that many of the most important sentences in any novel are the invisible ones: those the writer has had the good sense to take out."
I loved reading de Krester's 'Theory & Practice' last year and this is such a meaty interview, full of reflections you can chew on
I loved reading de Krester's 'Theory & Practice' last year and this is such a meaty interview, full of reflections you can chew on
For interview #225, Michelle de Kretser speaks with
Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
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Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
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Interview #225—Michelle de Kretser — LIMINAL
“I don’t have the nerve to go back through the novel to examine its sentences; it would feel too close to being confronted with past crimes.”
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January 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"I should add that many of the most important sentences in any novel are the invisible ones: those the writer has had the good sense to take out."
I loved reading de Krester's 'Theory & Practice' last year and this is such a meaty interview, full of reflections you can chew on
I loved reading de Krester's 'Theory & Practice' last year and this is such a meaty interview, full of reflections you can chew on
For interview #225, Michelle de Kretser speaks with
Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
www.liminalmag.com/interviews/m...
Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
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Interview #225—Michelle de Kretser — LIMINAL
“I don’t have the nerve to go back through the novel to examine its sentences; it would feel too close to being confronted with past crimes.”
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January 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For interview #225, Michelle de Kretser speaks with
Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
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Roanna Gonsalves about hyperrealism, necessary sentences and Virginia Woolf.
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November 27, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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With Brian Castro at the launch of Chinese Postman last week.
Sneaky candid shot by Leah McIntosh from @liminalmag.bsky.social.
Sneaky candid shot by Leah McIntosh from @liminalmag.bsky.social.
November 22, 2024 at 10:25 PM
With Brian Castro at the launch of Chinese Postman last week.
Sneaky candid shot by Leah McIntosh from @liminalmag.bsky.social.
Sneaky candid shot by Leah McIntosh from @liminalmag.bsky.social.
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”Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.” - fantastic little interview this with Brian Castro at @liminalmag.bsky.social www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...
November 8, 2024 at 7:03 AM
”Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.” - fantastic little interview this with Brian Castro at @liminalmag.bsky.social www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...
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'Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.'
This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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5 Questions with Brian Castro — LIMINAL
“I’ve always had a dispute with narration, since it traps the reader in immersion, like a drowning dragonfly. (Are writers part of the entertainment industry? Are books pastimes?)”
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November 8, 2024 at 5:33 AM
'Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.'
This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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Liminal is delighted to announce the inaugural Liminal Festival for writers and readers! Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre, join us August 2—4.
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The Liminal Festival — LIMINAL
Bringing together some of the continent’s most talented writers, the
Liminal Festival contemplates the language of our shared histories and
future.
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June 11, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Liminal is delighted to announce the inaugural Liminal Festival for writers and readers! Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre, join us August 2—4.
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baby we're back! new criticism from the hottest critics this cursed nation has to offer ~ www.liminalmag.com/liminal-revi...
April 10, 2024 at 2:55 AM
baby we're back! new criticism from the hottest critics this cursed nation has to offer ~ www.liminalmag.com/liminal-revi...
For interview #220, Kim Ho speaks with Claudia Young about their first short film about Asian masculinity, the enduring trauma around Chris Lilley, and the weight of it all.
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Interview #220 — Kim Ho — LIMINAL
“Working in telly, it’s astonishing how much writers’ rooms feel like the
engine rooms of cultural production—whose stories we [decide to] tell
determines whose humanity we value. I think th...
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January 18, 2024 at 6:10 AM
For interview #220, Kim Ho speaks with Claudia Young about their first short film about Asian masculinity, the enduring trauma around Chris Lilley, and the weight of it all.
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As 2023 comes to a close, the Liminal editors have been thinking about the best books we’ve read this year. We were also curious to find out what our favourite writers have been reading, too. Here is our year in reading!
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Our Favourite Writers’ Favourite Books in 2023 — LIMINAL
As 2023 comes to a close, the Liminal editors have been thinking about the
best books we’ve read this year.
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December 15, 2023 at 5:23 AM
As 2023 comes to a close, the Liminal editors have been thinking about the best books we’ve read this year. We were also curious to find out what our favourite writers have been reading, too. Here is our year in reading!
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🚨 new criticism 🚨
from michael sun, donnalyn xu, bobuq sayed, eric jiang, + more
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from michael sun, donnalyn xu, bobuq sayed, eric jiang, + more
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November 24, 2023 at 3:43 AM
🚨 new criticism 🚨
from michael sun, donnalyn xu, bobuq sayed, eric jiang, + more
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from michael sun, donnalyn xu, bobuq sayed, eric jiang, + more
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