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ABR reviews The Relationship is the Project

Many thanks to Astrid Edwards, whose ‘Difficult questions: an iterative collaboration’ review of The Relationship is the Project was published in the Australian Book Review (ABR) no. 465 in June 2024.

And another thing: the golden rule of governance

Pulling all my governance reading together for my move back to Naarm reminded me of the golden rule of arts, cultural and non-profit governance (spoiler: there is no golden rule).

Take on Board podcast on Palestine as a governance issue

Failure is the status quo at the moment when it comes to Australian arts, cultural and non-profit organisation’s response (or lack of response) to Palestine as a governance, risk and crisis management, duty of care and financial issue.

My conversation with Helga Svendsen for the Take on Board podcast is online today with more.

Building your author brand

No matter where you are in your publishing journey, it’s more important than ever for writers to think about their profile, reach and brand.

However, building your author profile is a marathon, not a sprint. So, in the lead-up to next month’s Writers SA workshop, I’ve put together some top tips for getting started.

And another thing: on cultural safety

Arts boards and organisations, stop using cultural safety as an excuse to make your programs, spaces and business practices less culturally safe.

The RITP on The Garret podcast

“If we, as writers, as publishers and literary workers, want rights for ourselves, we have an obligation as individuals and as literary gatekeepers and organisations to insist upon those rights for others too.”

I’m back on The Garret Podcast this month talking about community-engaged practice, duty of care, our monocultural literary sector, the politics of publishing, arts orgs in crisis, and why the relationship is the project.

And another thing: how to chair a meeting

Just finished reading How to Chair a Meeting by MI Puregger, an endearing Australian governance artefact from the 1950s with a lot to teach us about how much still needs to change.

Palestine governance resources in The Commons

The rushed and fumbled public statements made by Australian arts and cultural organisations in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine have made failure the status quo on matters of risk and crisis management, financial sustainability and duty of care – including the statements many have made with their silence.

A collection of my provocations on Palestine as a governance issue have been collated and republished The Commons Social Change Library.

Poems, place and digital space: online poetry in Australia, China and Hong Kong

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Over the past three decades, digital platforms have become a significant global player in the development and dissemination of poetry.

Variously referred to as e-poetry, electronic or cyber poetry, digital poetry, social media or Instapoetry and more, Australian digital poet and Professor of Electronic Literature Jason Nelson defines the artform as ‘the combination of technology and poetry, with writers using all multi- media elements as critical texts. Sounds, images, movement, video, interface/interactivity and words are combined to create new poetic forms and experiences’.

Like other online art forms, the creation and consumption of digital poetry has grown further and faster since the COVID-19 pandemic—as more people turned to poetry to make sense of the changing world and shared that poetry through one of the only platforms available to them during that time. ‘Poems are ideally suited to social media,’ New York journalist Michelle Dean writes, ‘because they pack so much meaning into so little language.’

However, this coming together of digital and poetic culture is different for poets in different countries, depending not just on geographic and internet access but language use and platform preferences, as well as the degree to which online activity is monitored, censored or controlled.

The Relationship is the Project is out now

Huge thanks to all who came out (or logged on) for last night’s Naarm/Melbourne launch of The Relationship is the Project. So grateful. So proud. You can now ask for a copy at your local library or bookshop, or order one online.