As a settler on this land sharing my knowledge about writing with you, I want to acknowledge the original storytellers of this land. Writing is about encountering the world in new ways, imagining new futures, disrupting the colonial and carceral logic of so-called Australia. Sovereignty was never ceded.

I cannot acknowledge Country today without recognising that across the world, Palestine and its people are currently resisting Israel's genocidal campaign. Please scan any of the below QR codes for mutual aid opportunities and boycott information, support protests and actions, and take action in any way you can. Use your bodies, use your time and use your voice.

Always was, always will be, from the river to the sea. May we never grow numb to injustice.

Can you please share your name and pronouns?

& your favourite writer (a little bit about why you like them is very welcome!)

• salmon cannon me into the abyss, poetry EP

• Best of Australian Poems 2023

• lotus threads, musical project

• every poem is a love poem, collaborative poem

• SANCTUARY, editor

• Each player writes a question at the top of a sheet of paper.

• They then fold their papers over so that the question cannot be seen and pass their papers to the left (or right--it doesn't matter, so long as the direction is consistent throughout the game).

• The next player writes down an answer without looking at the original question. 

• Continue this procedure (write a question, fold over, pass to the next person to write an answer) until papers are full. 

Share some responses! How was this exercise? How did you find writing together?

Why is it important to share work with others?

What are your experiences with collaboration and sharing your work?

Discuss with the person next to you!