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ABC RN Big Ideas – Reimagining trust in a time of COVID-19
Inspired by Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust, published in partnership with ANZSOG, Professor Glyn Davis AC, Professor Anne Tiernan and Professor Caitlin Byrne explore the implications and opportunities of a collapse in trust in the age of COVID-19. Join ABC Radio National’s Paul Barclay for a conversation that considers Australia’s unique heritage in unconventional…
Read MoreHow do we restore trust in government?
Can the public service take the lead in restoring trust or must we wait for politicians to act? Do we need changes to laws and structures, or culture change driven by public servants themselves? What capabilities will we need for the future? Is the sports affair an exception or the new normal? Join editor Ashley…
Read MoreAdelaide Writers’ Week
At this free panel discussion, Ashley Hay asks Rachel Ankeny, Danielle Wood, Anne Tiernan and Natasha Cica how we might connect to one another, reclaim our power and trust once more. When: 3.45 pm, Wednesday 4 March Where: West Stage, Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden, Adelaide Tickets: Free (more information here)
Read MoreSave on subscriptions and selected 2019 editions!
Looking for a gift? Getting your holiday reading sorted? Take 20% off the price of print, digital and premium subscriptions this gifting season! Simply choose your preferred subscription and enter the code GIFTSUB at the checkout. And that’s not all – you can also take 20% off hard copies of the first three editions of…
Read MoreGriffith Review Bookclub
Welcome to the inaugural Griffith Review Bookclub, which celebrates The Light Ascending. This edition includes the four winners from our seventh novella project alongside new shorter fiction and non-fiction, and new poetry from Australia and beyond. The title for this collection was suggested both by the beautiful cover artwork (by Monica Rohan, a graduate of…
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Griffith Review is currently looking for a Business Support Co-ordinator to work within its established team. The primary focus of this role is to co-ordinate the implementation and delivery of programs to build and sustain audiences, and to support the operations of Griffith Review by co-ordinating essential administrative functions. This role includes co-ordinating communication and campaigns with…
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Imagination, innovation and the art of the possible What role does the creative, the imaginary play in technological and scientific development? Can imagination help us navigate disruption? As we struggle to reconcile the new realities of our hyper-connected world, the futures invoked by Orwell and Huxley loom large. But literary imaginings go way beyond utopias…
Read MoreAn orchard for my father – 2019 Nature Writing Prize
Recently at the State Library of Victoria, Jenny Sinclair and Sue Castrique claimed top honours as joint winners of The Nature Conservancy’s 2019 Nature Writing Prize. Gregory Day, Hayley Katzen and Deborah Wardle were also shortlisted. With the support of the McLean Foundation, Griffith Review is delighted to publish the winning essays online. In ‘An…
Read MoreOn the margins of the good swamp – 2019 Nature Writing Prize
Recently at the State Library of Victoria, Jenny Sinclair and Sue Castrique claimed top honours as joint winners of The Nature Conservancy’s 2019 Nature Writing Prize. Gregory Day, Hayley Katzen and Deborah Wardle were also shortlisted. With the support of the McLean Foundation, Griffith Review is delighted to publish the winning essays online. In ‘On…
Read MoreOnline exclusive fiction
To coincide with Queensland’s Labour Day long weekend, Griffith Review has published two pieces of fiction, exclusively online – and both with a disruptive edge. The first, ‘Cows come home’ by award-winning writer Annie Zaidi, takes the form of a series of Twitter exchanges. Flit between direct messages and public threads in this quirky –…
Read MoreIn response to Christchurch
WALEED ALY CAPTURED the response of many when he said that he was not shocked but profoundly gutted and scared by the hideous massacre at the Christchurch mosques last Friday. His heartfelt condemnation of those who had normalised Islamophobia, hate speech and action – or allowed it to happen on their watch – was a…
Read MoreWriting the Country – Avid Reader
The natural environment is under threat. Seabirds consume plastic, glaciers in East Antarctica are melting, species’ habitats are disappearing (as are so many species themselves) and Australia’s greenhouse emissions continue to rise. As the potential for intervention appears to be tangled up in political and economic agendas, the need to renew our approach to our…
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