Small Delights: On the joy-filled world of Pey Chi

“I Cut Fruit for You is not only an act of love to her culture but also to herself. While Pey Chi pays homage to her predecessors, she has also established a footprint of understanding for who she is.”

Leah McIntosh3 May 2024robertwood

Extract — Don't Buy Fruit & Veg Without Me! by Thanh Truong

To celebrate the publication of Don’t Buy Fruit & Veg Without Me! we’re sharing Thanh Truong’s notes on how to pick the perfect Nashi, and a recipe for Nashi Herbal Soup.

Leah McIntosh26 October 2023robertwood

Extract — Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon

To celebrate the publication of Tenderheart, we’re sharing Hetty McKinnon’s Garlicky Chilli Oil recipe.

Leah McIntosh29 September 2022robertwood

The Difficulty of Literature

‘Without family support, other income, or a lucky break in the form of Powerball, a good horse, or a night at the casino, writers are left out of the Australian promise.’

Leah McIntosh16 January 2022robertwood

A Letter to Jiddo / رسالة إلى جدو

‘I wish I had more of Palestine to pass on, but your stories are our only heirlooms.’

Leah McIntosh9 May 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #6 — Republic

‘The challenges for decolonisation here are structured by global forces, but the focus of resistance has to be local. It must be grounded in a bodily sovereignty that draws its power from Country and people allowing one to sit inside oneself with a custodial autonomy.’

Leah McIntosh22 February 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #5 — Resistance

‘If we define the subaltern as those that cannot speak, then we know it is not an essential position that does not change over time.’

Leah McIntosh15 February 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #4 — Paracoloniality

‘A very basic paradox matters. On the one hand, we know we were never colonised. Malayalis have always and will always be Malayalis. We never were and never will be British subjects.’

Leah McIntosh9 February 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #3 — Translation

‘Translation matters because it doubles our audience. It can connect us to countries that are new to us. It can enable us to reflect more deeply on our mother tongues.’

Leah McIntosh1 February 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #2 — Sovereignty

‘What does sovereignty mean nowadays, here, on this continent, in this place with its many laws, many countries, many names, many people, many languages?’

Leah McIntosh25 January 2021robertwood

Summer Reading #1 — Decolonising

‘After all, decolonising white settlers is not beyond the realm of possibility, but it is currently beyond the realm of practical imagination. All of the right gestures, all of the well meant rhetoric, all of the good feeling, can dissipate in an instant.’

Leah McIntosh18 January 2021robertwood

Why Write?

‘Writing as diverse people allows us to make a start even if reaching the end takes more time than forever itself and is littered with barbed wire and glass.’

Leah McIntosh1 October 2020robertwood

Notes from Admin; or, the Multiplicity of Form

‘And so, if diversity is about letting us speak our own stories, it is not enough to assume that the shape, tone, style, metre, length, language, of those stories will be in a manner that makes sense to critical good taste.’

Leah McIntosh8 September 2020robertwood

What Comes Next? Some Thoughts On Diversity

‘Diversity’ is everywhere and it is exhausting, not only to keep talking about it but to experience it, to keep educating people, to refuse the weight of whiteness as it interrupts and silences our work in the community.

Leah McIntosh30 July 2020robertwood

LIMINAL X Centre for Stories—Editorial

Together, we speak of Perth in its wondrous complexity, in the shifting sands of time, and in partnership with the other communities that also belong here.

Leah McIntosh5 August 2019robertwood