Sarita Bennett Archives

Ballina Region for Refugees Poetry Prize 2019

Verity La November 22, 2019 Discoursing Diaspora, Poetry

Ballina Region for Refugees Poetry Prize (supported by Southern Cross University) is for poems of up to fifty lines that respond to the theme ‘seeking asylum’. The prize celebrates the …

Tobruk to Labuan: the life and letters of Brigadier ‘Hugh’ Norman (Amanda Hickey)April 25, 2019
As to the war souvenirs From Hugh to Ethel 7 November, 1943 Darling…If you must destroy the letters I suppose you must, but one day I thought we might write ... Read More
MALE IDENTITY AND THE DANGER OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS: an interview with Michael Mohammed AhmadMay 22, 2018
Interview by Samuel Elliot (edited by Angelina Tsinganos) Michael Mohammed Ahmad is a Western-Sydney-based, Arab-Australian writer, teacher and editor. He is also co-founder of the autonomous literary organisation SweatShop, which prides ... Read More
Meanwhile, on the Train (khulud khamis)February 19, 2019
July 2014 Raya stands by the open window, slowly brushing her long hair. It’s Thursday evening, and she watches people rushing about; she sees soldiers — children, really — hurrying with their ... Read More