The 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin will return to Brisbane, where it was first published, after it was controversially closed by Melbourne University Press last year.

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January 5, 2026.

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1958 was a good year for us. My work was getting noticed, and Scotty and I were living in an apartment once part of a huge old house. Ground floor with a tiny garden inhabited by weeds that neither…

Everyone wants something to explode. Not literally, but they expect instant action; twists; turns; surprise endings. Most of the time I can oblige; most of the time it’s what I like too, but every …

“From now on….” I’ve heard myself say these words many times, and the reaction is usually the same. A look of mild confusion mixed with disdain. The confusion is to be expected, as is the disdain. The person I’m shaking hands with (his name doesn’t matter, but in the moment, I know it) is the kind of person who has disdain for all sorts of things, but mostly a lack of regard for all life other than his own.

The sign on the farm gate read, “FREE….. NOW YOUR COMMUNITY IS FREE OF FENELLA GOODMAN” The lettering had been applied in a hurry, and the paint had run, making the sign seem simultaneously f…