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Cry for my Heart, Dance for my Soul

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by Bruce Pascoe I’ve been on boats and trains and plains all around the country supporting my book, Dark Emu, and the idea that Aboriginal people were not mere fauna and flora upon the plains of Australia but active agents in its care, nurture and agricultural productivity. Lyn has had to shoulder the burden while I dash about the continent, but here I was on Sunday, at it again. I flew into Hobart but, selfishly, I had added a couple of extra days to the itinerary so I could follow family and culture on the north coast. Chris Gallagher of…

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September Monthly Blogger – Bruce Pascoe!

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Many thanks to Tara June Winch for her excellent posts. This month our blogger is Bruce Pascoe. Bruce, a Bunurong man, is a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria, and an awarding winning Australian writer, editor, and anthologist. Bruce published and edited Australian Short Stories magazine 1982-1999, was the winner of the Prime Minister’s Literature Award for Young Adult fiction (Fog, a dox) 2013, recipient of the Australian Literature Award 1999, the Radio National Short Story 1998, and the FAW Short Story 2010. Bruce’s publications include: Night Animals, Shark, Ocean, Bloke, Cape Otway, Convincing Ground, Little Red Yellow and…

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On Writers Block

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I’m meant to write this final blog, I said I would, I made a promise. I must, but, I can’t, I’ve tried for a week and nothing comes up, a blank abyss, I’m writing fiction at least – my head is engulfed in fiction right now and there is absolutely no way I can maneuver it to this promised blog post. I’ve been trying to write about Virginia Woolf’s electric, 1929 call to arms essay, A Room of One’s Own and muse on that early line that – “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”. But I can’t write about it because my desk is literally in the living room, the kitchen, the front door and the back door at once and I just couldn’t grab an ironic break to think this week.

Spread the Word, Spread the Love – Back Issues for $2 + postage

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Southerly overflows with back issues. They live on floors and in garages, in spare rooms and in warehouses. We want to spread the love. For a limited time, we are selling back issues for $2. Yes, $2 plus postage to your home. If you live in Australia, you can get any issue from 74.1 Australian Dreams 1 back for $5.50. Just look in our Store or our Back Issues page. We have shelves and shelves of words. We want to spread the word, so head south and spread the love.

A few small changes

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Lately, we have been working on a few new things to make life easier for you… and for us. Our submission process has been updated. If you would like to submit your creative work for consideration please just head over to our submissions page where you can upload your poetry, fiction or critical writing. Please note that we can only accept unsolicited work from Australian and New Zealand writers. We also have a set of new email addresses. These will help us address your questions and concerns more quickly and efficiently. If you have a question relating to subscriptions or our new submission process,…

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Race, Privilege & the Dark Side Of the Dream

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Michelle Cahill There’s a growing awareness within our literary communities and among public intellectuals that the obstacles faced by those marginalised in terms of cultural and literary representation need to be reappraised by a more rigorous analysis of white privilege, and white racial domination. Racial privilege is the notion that a passive benefit is accrued to one race by the manner in which its identity is constructed as superior to Others. Analysis of racial domination goes further by revisiting the historical, economic and legal processes which secure white privilege. For Oz Lit the aim of such analysis is to begin…

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December 14th – Last Day for Southerly Christmas Subscriptions

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A year’s subscription comprises of three issues of Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary magazine. Full of thought-provoking essays, fabulous stories and sublime poetry, it showcases the best and brightest of Australia’s established and emerging literati. Do you know someone wonderful, intelligent, literary, magnificent, witty and dearly loved? A subscription to Southerly is the perfect gift to give them this Christmas. BUT: Due to university closing times, Southerly must receive your Christmas subscriptions no later than December 14th. Please download a subscription form here: http://southerlylitmag.com.au//subscriptions/ and either email with  your credit card details, or post with a cheque or money order made out to…

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Blog on blog love

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You will have noticed at the right hand side of our front page links to Australian literary journals and magazines. One of these is Overland, who is currently having a subscriberthon. In the interests of promoting Australian writing, Australian literary journals, and simple blog-on-blog love, we encourage you all to go over to the Overland blog and subscribe. If you subscribe this week, you can win prizes as well! And while you’re at it, why not subscribe to Southerly too? Our tab is just at the top. Go on, you know you want to…

Modern Mobilities: Australian-Transnational Writing

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CONTENTS EDITORIAL POETRY Ross Donlon, Trawling in the Arctic Shu Cai, Absurdity (tr. by Ouyang Yu) A. S. Patric, Peking A. Frances Johnson, Geography lessons: Victor Louey’s world tour Victor Daley, When London Calls John Carey, we are not alone Danielle Shelley Carr, This Swirling Saffron Mystery Geoff Page, The Projectionist Michelle Cahill, The Siege Kate Lilley, 1-800-DENIED π.O., E. W. Cole 1832–1918         Harmonica SHORT FICTION Jessica White, The Country of Boats Pavle Radonic, Rise and Shine Hayley Katzen, Postcards ESSAYS AND MEMOIRS Bill Ashcroft, Australian Transnation Kit Kelen, A Transnational Apprenticeship for Poets: Some Notes…

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Please come to the launch of Modern Mobilities

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Southerly is delighted to invite you to the launch for its latest issue, 71.1 Modern Mobilities: Australian Transnational Writing. There will be readings, wine, nibbles, and general bonhomie. Please join us! When: Wednesday October 12th 2011, 6 for 6:30pm Where: Woolley Common Room, John Woolley Building upstairs, University of Sydney Map: http://www.facilities.usyd.edu.au/oam/blaccess-r01.cfm?fld1=01 RSVP: Tessa at Please use CONTACT US form by October 5th

Letters and Responses

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Have you ever read one of our issues and found a piece so intriguing, so inspiring, that you wished you could have responded? Now you can. In time for our newest issue, 71.1 Modern Mobilities: Australian-Transnational Writing, we are launching a new tab. Called ‘Letters and Responses’, it is exactly that – letters from you that talk to the printed word. All letters will be moderated by our editors to ensure lively and stimulating discussion. So if there’s something you want to say, don’t hold back – let us know!