Publishing longform criticism and essays by Australia's best writers since 2013. Online and in Parramatta.
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@mxcreant is an essayist and critic in Naarm/Melbourne, via Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide and Singapore. She is the editor at Liminal, reviews editor at Meanjin, and the author of the critically acclaimed debut essay collection, Peripathetic: Notes on ‘(Un)belonging’. (7/7)
Thomas Moran is a writer and researcher who has recently completed a PhD at Monash University on the death of cinema. Thomas is interested in the relationship between politics and aesthetics, Australian literary history and modernist poetry. (6/7)
Sam Elkin is a writer, editor, radio maker, and community lawyer living on unceded Wurundjeri land. His debut book ‘Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga’ (2024) was shortlisted for the VLP Award for Humour and the North American 2024 Foreword INDIE Awards. (5/7)
Ali Jane Smith is the author of the poetry collection ‘The Strange Matter’. Her poems, essays and reviews have appeared in Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal, Southerly, Overland, Rabbit, Cordite, and Sydney Review of Books. (4/7)
Beejay Silcox is a book critic. Her work appears in high-profile publications across three continents, and is renowned for its resolute (some might say, foolhardy) honesty. She also works as a professional reader, literary interviewer, prize judge and more. (3/7)
Lur Alghurabi is an Iraqi and Australian writer. She is the winner of the AM Heath Prize for Prose and the Scribe Nonfiction Prize, and shortlistee of the Deborah Cass Prize. Her work has been widely published in Australia and the US. (2/7)
#NEWonSRB: If sport is often compared to religion, sport writing offers the means of conversion. Reading two books on AFL, Edie Mitsuda reflects on the appeal of fandom, from the sense of community and custodianship to the thrill of transcending the ego. buff.ly/hBW42eJ
ALT The Statue of David: Edie Mitsuda on reading football fandom
2024 Emerging Critic Amelia Zhou takes stock of the linguistic and historical insights afforded by the ‘foray’, a literary form conceived by Abbas El-Zein in an effort to capture the structures of feeling peculiar to the experience of migration. Read now via the link in our bio.
ALT Mere words, you say? Amelia Zhou on Abbas El-Zein's forays into language and history.
We're extremely pleased to announce Dr Tiffany Tsao as SRB's new Deputy Editor. Read the full announcement at the link below, and join us in congratulating Tiffany on her appointment! buff.ly/9f00HpV
ALT SRB's new Deputy Editor Tiffany Tsao: ‘I am immeasurably delighted to be joining the SRB as its Deputy Editor. The world of critical thought is vast, spanning languages, cultures, and countries, and I look forward to continuing the SRB’s excellent work in deepening our appreciation of and involvement in that world.’
Applications for the role of Deputy Editor close a week from today!
Head to our website for all the details you need: buff.ly/40mOa8L
