Roughly 10% of an iceberg sits above the waterline, meaning the other 90% goes unseen (at least to us surface-dwellers). Literary translation is not unlike an iceberg: only a small part of the labour involved is visible in the finished copy. The rest is not so apparent – a submerged ...

‘My work is situated deep inside my nervous system, and I see the world “feelingly”. Floating around in a metaphorical forest of symbols searching for the pathos in things, I am a leaf in the wind, a daydreamer.’ – Heather B. Swann In early September, the market noise of Sydney ...

Cultural mediation connects audiences to artwork through conversation that meets visitors where they are. It works to communicate an artist’s intent in a way that builds on the viewer’s own understandings and experiences, without mediators dominating any of these exchange as “the experts”. Eight cultural mediators were selected to work ...

Mounted into sockets in my skull are two prime lenses. They are 35mm, a focal length that mimics the field of view of the human eye, according to photographers. What my prime lenses see is recorded on a memory card (my brain) for easy recall later. Then, rather than roll ...

In this episode of the Meanjin Narratives Podcast, Chelsea Bond reads her landmark essay, 'Always Bet on Black (Power)', from Meanjin's Spring 2021 edition ...

The latest episode of the Meanjin Narratives podcast features writer James Bradley reading his major essay ‘UNEARTHED: Last Days of the Anthropocene’ from Meanjin’s Spring 2019 edition. This urgent exploration of the existential implications of climate change is a compelling listen, and an important call-to-action for us to remain realistic ...

In the latest episode of the Meanjin Narratives podcast, James Curran reads his triptych ‘The Unknown Soldier’, three poignant poems that muse on the Anzacs, distant sacrifice and remembrance ...

In the fifth episode of the Meanjin Narratives podcast, poet Eileen Chong recites three of her works, spanning across continents and millennia in their inspiration. ‘Magnolia’ (published in Meanjin in 2016) is based on a legendary character in Chinese history, Hua Mu Lan, who was a warrior during the Northern ...

‘We drive past the lap pool where I used to swim and I think of you, passing time at The Crossroads, chattering nonsense, the lucidity of prose. I could taste the unwritten words and drown in the warm air of evening.’ In episode 4 of the Meanjin Narratives podcast, Michelle ...

In episode 3 of the Meanjin Narratives podcast, Clementine Ford reads her essay from Meanjin's Winter 2018 edition. 'The Turning Point' begins with the author reflecting on an abuse of power that was done to her as a child, and goes on to explore the wider culture of systemic misogyny ...