Leah Jing McIntosh Leah Jing McIntosh i(14293771 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Leah Jing McIntosh is a writer and photographer. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Liminal magazine. In 2018, she was nominated for Victorian Young Australian of the Year 2019. 

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2024 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups for 'Liminal'.
2022 recipient Order of Australia Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) For service to the arts as a writer and publisher.
2020 shortlisted The Horne Prize for 'An Australian Body'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Against Disappearance : Essays on Memory Neutral Bay : Pantera Press , 2022 24703370 2022 anthology essay 'In this collection of new essays from the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize longlist, First Nations writers and writers of colour bend and shift boundaries, query the past and envision new futures. They ask: How do we write or hold our former selves, our ancestries? How does where we come from connect to where we are headed? How do we tell the stories of those who have been diminished or ignored in the writing of history? How do we do justice to the lives they lived, or to the people they were? From the intricacies of trans becoming, to violences inflicted on stateless peoples, to complex inheritances and the intertwining of tradition, politics and place, this prescient collection challenges singular narratives about the past, offering testimony and prophecy alike.' (Publication summary)
2023 winner Small Press Network Book of the Year Award
y separately published work icon Collisions : Fictions of the Future : An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour Seaforth : Pantera Press , 2020 18828386 2020 anthology short story

'This collection of short stories showcases some of the best work that Australian literature has to offer in this new decade. Featuring work from both emerging and established writers of colour, the stories in Collisions transcend genre and experiment with style. They are necessary reading for everybody with an interest in the future of fiction and our planet. Although many of these visions are dystopic, the quality of their writers is something the future has to look forward to.

'What does the future hold? Collisions prods at what it means for each author, and while many will come to expect speculative fiction at surface level, the breadth of imagination transcends these boundaries. From an account of a tense dinner party amidst impending signs of climate catastrophe, to a playful fable about a father turning his family backyard into a graveyard; and an irreverent yet thoughtful tale of a gang of activists planning an attack on ASIO drones in a Kyle Sandilands government, these stories are experimental, genre-bending and lucid. 

'Collisions presents a diverse collection of work too often ignored or elided in a time where marginalised voices are still unheard. It exists to re-centre the voices of writers of colour and to encourage dynamic narratives, to bring about a more robust literary landscape in Australia’s future.' (Publication summary) 

2021 shortlisted Small Press Network Book of the Year Award
2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Literary Fiction / Poetry Cover designed by Annie Luo
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