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'In the lead essay UNEARTHED: Last Days of The Anthropocene, James Bradley writes compellingly on the urgent crisis of climate change. 'There is a conversation I do not know how to have, a conversation about what happens if we are headed for disaster. It is not a theoretical question for me. I have two daughters.'

'Miles Franklin shortlisted author Michael Mohammed Ahmad writes on how his thinking about literature, politics and race was shaped in Reading Malcolm X in Arab-Australia. In an accidental companion piece, This Vast Conspiracy of Memory, Khalid Warsame reflects on life and writing while making a complete reading of the works of James Baldwin.

'Among this edition's other authors are Glyn Davis, Karen Wyld, Fatima Measham, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Maria Takolander and Meg Mundell.' (Edition introduction)

'Relatively True is a vibrant collection of short fiction on the complex themes of FAKE NEWS. Editors Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle bring together a diverse group of renowned writers from the Indian subcontinent and Australia to explore these themes. Their stories are compelling, urgent and thought-provoking. They trace the lives of those affected by the lies, half-truths and metaphorical and literal erected by society to offer a glimpse of a divided world, but one that is by no means devoid of compassion.

'Outstanding authors contribute to this deep dive into creativity on FAKE NEWS. The writers include Kate Grenville AO award winning author of Lilian’s Story, The Secret River and The Lieutenant; Yasmine Gooneratne AO who received Sri Lanka Sahithya Rathna lifetime achievenent award, Tony Birch author of ‘Ghost River’ the winner of the Victorian Premier’s for Indigenous Writing, Priya Sarukkai Chabria founding editor of ‘Poetry at Sangram’.

'Other writers are Shirley Hazzard, Eugen Bacon, Gulzar, Meenakshi Bharat, Alex Cothren, Devika Brendon, Sharon Rundle, Cate Kennedy, Anne Benjamin, Sujata Sankranti, Andrew Kwong, Mitra Phukan, Bashabi Fraser, Rashida Murphy, Sunil Badami, Niharika Chibber Joe, Matt Lupton, Susanne Gervay, Janhavi Acharekar, Gayatri Gill, Julia Prendergast. Proem by Dr Roanna Gonsalves.'(Publication summary)