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The closure of Meanjin has triggered outrage across Australia’s literary and academic communities.
The solution is straightforward — transfer the journal to new custodians who can ensure its future.
More at https://savemeanjin.org
The solution is straightforward — transfer the journal to new custodians who can ensure its future.
More at https://savemeanjin.org
"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling
As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.
www.artshub.com.au
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
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www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
The silencing continues...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The silencing continues...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
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In 2024, Meanjin published this essay by my father & myself on Australia’s democracy crisis as displayed through the Voice referendum symptoms. Now that this 85yo Aus cultural institution is being destroyed by neolib visigoths at Melbourne Uni, you should have it from behind paywall. #auspol
September 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
In 2024, Meanjin published this essay by my father & myself on Australia’s democracy crisis as displayed through the Voice referendum symptoms. Now that this 85yo Aus cultural institution is being destroyed by neolib visigoths at Melbourne Uni, you should have it from behind paywall. #auspol
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Making an effort to read the Australian literary mags that I subscribe to (which had included #Meanjin) - rewarded by reading "Extinctions" by @dani-netherclift.bsky.social on @islandmag.bsky.social islandmag.com/read/extinct...
Extinctions – by Dani Netherclift | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND
The threat AI poses to writers and the art of writing seems to have arisen swiftly. Who threw open those doors? What is an entry? A door is an aperture to possibility. These are important concerns for...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Making an effort to read the Australian literary mags that I subscribe to (which had included #Meanjin) - rewarded by reading "Extinctions" by @dani-netherclift.bsky.social on @islandmag.bsky.social islandmag.com/read/extinct...
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Re Andrew Hastie
Since the creeps at Melbourne University are shutting down Meanjin, I am bringing my essay out from the paywall. It’s on how “Christian” is being used to bring together a ratty coalition against “woke” , here at ARC, Hastie on that Board. #auspol
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l6oxr...
Since the creeps at Melbourne University are shutting down Meanjin, I am bringing my essay out from the paywall. It’s on how “Christian” is being used to bring together a ratty coalition against “woke” , here at ARC, Hastie on that Board. #auspol
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l6oxr...
September 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Re Andrew Hastie
Since the creeps at Melbourne University are shutting down Meanjin, I am bringing my essay out from the paywall. It’s on how “Christian” is being used to bring together a ratty coalition against “woke” , here at ARC, Hastie on that Board. #auspol
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l6oxr...
Since the creeps at Melbourne University are shutting down Meanjin, I am bringing my essay out from the paywall. It’s on how “Christian” is being used to bring together a ratty coalition against “woke” , here at ARC, Hastie on that Board. #auspol
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l6oxr...
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In 2024, Meanjin published this essay by my father & myself on Australia’s democracy crisis as displayed through the Voice referendum symptoms. Now that this 85yo Aus cultural institution is being destroyed by neolib visigoths at Melbourne Uni, you should have it from behind paywall. #auspol
October 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money
theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money
New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money
theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
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and not a class hierarchy permanently fixed time; in a democracy, we decide. My next book—out Wednesday—speaks to the need for renewed democracy movements that question privilege and power. Seems quite timely today in light of the prime minister's remarks: estheranatolitis.net/2025/05/28/w...
When Australia Became a Republic: out 1 October 2025
Monash University Press: In the National Interest seriesPublished October 2025 Australia became a republic many years ago—culturally, if not yet constitutionally. We’ve long stopped identifyin…
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September 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
and not a class hierarchy permanently fixed time; in a democracy, we decide. My next book—out Wednesday—speaks to the need for renewed democracy movements that question privilege and power. Seems quite timely today in light of the prime minister's remarks: estheranatolitis.net/2025/05/28/w...
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recognising that tax incentives and disincentives communicate their own ethical and cultural messages as well as financial ones. Who we privilege financially in a democracy says everything about the people we are today, and the Australia we want to become. Who we privilege is a choice that we make,
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
recognising that tax incentives and disincentives communicate their own ethical and cultural messages as well as financial ones. Who we privilege financially in a democracy says everything about the people we are today, and the Australia we want to become. Who we privilege is a choice that we make,
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and that work has never seemed more crucial. Now more than ever, it requires all of us—and demands our very best.
Last week's Art of Tax Reform Summit (stay with me on this!) was a valuable first: govts are thinking well beyond subsidy, embedding the arts across policy and into treasury operations,
Last week's Art of Tax Reform Summit (stay with me on this!) was a valuable first: govts are thinking well beyond subsidy, embedding the arts across policy and into treasury operations,
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
and that work has never seemed more crucial. Now more than ever, it requires all of us—and demands our very best.
Last week's Art of Tax Reform Summit (stay with me on this!) was a valuable first: govts are thinking well beyond subsidy, embedding the arts across policy and into treasury operations,
Last week's Art of Tax Reform Summit (stay with me on this!) was a valuable first: govts are thinking well beyond subsidy, embedding the arts across policy and into treasury operations,
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Art, tenacity, democracy. The ways we create and experience new work, sustain the courage of our convictions, and make important decisions together: they're all intertwined. I've devoted my career to the ethics of creative and civic practice, working to expand public spaces and champion new voices,
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Art, tenacity, democracy. The ways we create and experience new work, sustain the courage of our convictions, and make important decisions together: they're all intertwined. I've devoted my career to the ethics of creative and civic practice, working to expand public spaces and champion new voices,
Great idea…
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great idea…
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No, it doesn’t add up! #UniMelb should and can do better!
#Meanjin #MUP #Australia #Publishing #CultureMatters #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
#Meanjin #MUP #Australia #Publishing #CultureMatters #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
“When people talk about cultural vandalism and the insult to the legacy of Meanjin, I think they mean the decision to close the journal severs a connection to this history, to the possibility of a cultural nationalism that isn’t defined by racism & imperial fealty” www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
No, it doesn’t add up! #UniMelb should and can do better!
#Meanjin #MUP #Australia #Publishing #CultureMatters #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
#Meanjin #MUP #Australia #Publishing #CultureMatters #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
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"Universities .. increasingly behave like real estate trusts and investment funds" say academics
#saveausunis #meanjin #ANU
michaelwest.com.au/uni-finances...
#saveausunis #meanjin #ANU
michaelwest.com.au/uni-finances...
Uni finances. ANU and the commercialisation of higher ed - Michael West
Australian universities are more focused on financial performance and investments rather than their primary function of higher education.
michaelwest.com.au
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"Universities .. increasingly behave like real estate trusts and investment funds" say academics
#saveausunis #meanjin #ANU
michaelwest.com.au/uni-finances...
#saveausunis #meanjin #ANU
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Just like #Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social MU can afford Meanjin. It is not about the money. It is another attack on the arts. Accountants do the bottom line. VCs do the choices.
September 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Just like #Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social MU can afford Meanjin. It is not about the money. It is another attack on the arts. Accountants do the bottom line. VCs do the choices.
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The report that Melbourne University Publishing will stop publishing the lit mag #Meanjin is bad news for readers, writers, thinkers, dreamers, doers, publishers, and policymakers - and for citizens who have never heard of or read Meanjin.
#Auslit #litmags
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
#Auslit #litmags
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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.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The report that Melbourne University Publishing will stop publishing the lit mag #Meanjin is bad news for readers, writers, thinkers, dreamers, doers, publishers, and policymakers - and for citizens who have never heard of or read Meanjin.
#Auslit #litmags
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
#Auslit #litmags
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
"The situation has created quite a stir as the official story about the magazine’s closure doesn’t seem to add up." @beckyltuch.bsky.social
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On That Midnight Train to Lit Mags!
Meanjin closing & controversy; CIA's lit mag legacy; defining "literary fiction;" advice for submitting; $10,000 essay award; AWP's George Garrett Award; and more
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September 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"The situation has created quite a stir as the official story about the magazine’s closure doesn’t seem to add up." @beckyltuch.bsky.social
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Have you given this interview a listen yet? @nickfeik.bsky.social research on @meanjin.bsky.social has been amazing and he summarises what he's learned here with @skykirkham.bsky.social
Very glad to be able to speak to ABC RN's Arts in 30 about the closure of Meanjin.
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Arts In 30 - ABC listen
Your weekly dose of news and interviews from ABC Radio National’s arts and culture team.
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you given this interview a listen yet? @nickfeik.bsky.social research on @meanjin.bsky.social has been amazing and he summarises what he's learned here with @skykirkham.bsky.social
Thanks @noticingclimate.bsky.social ! We'd love to say it's lovely to be here, but, well... you know.
Hello @savemeanjin.bsky.social, lovely to have you here, and a highly recommended follow. May we learn that hard earned lesson and separate creative arts from fossil fuels + their friends.
How many lessons do we need to learn that fossil fuelled universities are killing people, planet + culture?
@anatolitis.bsky.social so many great women being caught up in this battlefield. May you go onto greater things without fossil fuels behind them.
@anatolitis.bsky.social so many great women being caught up in this battlefield. May you go onto greater things without fossil fuels behind them.
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thanks @noticingclimate.bsky.social ! We'd love to say it's lovely to be here, but, well... you know.
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Sherlock, no shit:
"But it’s worth reiterating that entrusting a literary journal — especially one such as Meanjin with a long-standing record of political integrity and radicalism, —to the custodianship of an institution like the University of Melbourne was bound not to last."
"But it’s worth reiterating that entrusting a literary journal — especially one such as Meanjin with a long-standing record of political integrity and radicalism, —to the custodianship of an institution like the University of Melbourne was bound not to last."
September 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sherlock, no shit:
"But it’s worth reiterating that entrusting a literary journal — especially one such as Meanjin with a long-standing record of political integrity and radicalism, —to the custodianship of an institution like the University of Melbourne was bound not to last."
"But it’s worth reiterating that entrusting a literary journal — especially one such as Meanjin with a long-standing record of political integrity and radicalism, —to the custodianship of an institution like the University of Melbourne was bound not to last."
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Small circulation periodicals like Meanjin Important to keep alive with small subsidy just like small community orchestras.
Very glad to be able to speak to ABC RN's Arts in 30 about the closure of Meanjin.
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Arts In 30 - ABC listen
Your weekly dose of news and interviews from ABC Radio National’s arts and culture team.
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Small circulation periodicals like Meanjin Important to keep alive with small subsidy just like small community orchestras.
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Yes, caught it this morning.
Highlighting the importance of Meanjin to emerging Australian writers from the past to the present & the significance this plays in creating a culture of writing; irrespective of subscriber numbers impressed me. Interesting online readers are not counted. #Meanjin
Highlighting the importance of Meanjin to emerging Australian writers from the past to the present & the significance this plays in creating a culture of writing; irrespective of subscriber numbers impressed me. Interesting online readers are not counted. #Meanjin
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Yes, caught it this morning.
Highlighting the importance of Meanjin to emerging Australian writers from the past to the present & the significance this plays in creating a culture of writing; irrespective of subscriber numbers impressed me. Interesting online readers are not counted. #Meanjin
Highlighting the importance of Meanjin to emerging Australian writers from the past to the present & the significance this plays in creating a culture of writing; irrespective of subscriber numbers impressed me. Interesting online readers are not counted. #Meanjin
Be sure to check out this interview with @nickfeik.bsky.social and @skykirkham.bsky.social They explore Nick's deep research and more to explore what's really going on behind @mupublishing.bsky.social 's decision to close @meanjin.bsky.social
Very glad to be able to speak to ABC RN's Arts in 30 about the closure of Meanjin.
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Thanks, @skykirkham.bsky.social
Discussion starts at 20mins:
Arts In 30 - ABC listen
Your weekly dose of news and interviews from ABC Radio National’s arts and culture team.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Be sure to check out this interview with @nickfeik.bsky.social and @skykirkham.bsky.social They explore Nick's deep research and more to explore what's really going on behind @mupublishing.bsky.social 's decision to close @meanjin.bsky.social
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m'learned colleagues have more sensible things to say about #Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations – and it’s not about money
New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
theconversation.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
m'learned colleagues have more sensible things to say about #Meanjin @savemeanjin.bsky.social theconversation.com/what-is-the-...