Aboriginal people are far more written about than heard, more often the subject of journalistic, medical, sociological, anthropological, and fictional narratives than the author. White society has a way of asking what role Indigenous people might play in ‘our’ narrative, even when that narrative purports to be inclusive and generous. When we look for an Indigenous narrative, all too often it is written by and for whites.

Kill Your Darlings stands accused of new fiction, essays, commentary and reviews and is guilty on all four counts. I was very pleased when the July edition of Kill Your Darlings fell into my greedy hands. The editorial team have produced a chocolaty artefact of some beauty with superb artwork from Jeremy Ley. A collector’s […]

‘Mummy, what’s this?’ ‘Oh, that’s a book.’ ‘What’s a book?’ ‘A book is what people once used to keep stories and information in,before they had iPads.’ ‘Oh. What’s this?’ ‘Stone the crows! That’s a literary journal! I haven’t seen one of those since I was a girl!’ At the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, Simon & […]