Monique Grbec

is a writer, critic and multidisciplinary artist.

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Culture October 26, 2024

Long Yarn Short

“It’s like we’ve been waiting for this moment since I was born. Over twelve police officers and a case worker descended on our house. A voice booming, ‘Open up, Alby. We are here to take Vanessa.’ ” Vanessa clung to her terrified father. …

Culture September 21, 2024

Cactus Pear for My Beloved

“Two writers locked in the weight of the stories we choose to tell and the poems we choose to compose,” says award-winning playwright and poet Samah Sabawi of herself and her father. The stories of Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A Family Story from …

Culture August 31, 2024

Jilya

Gratitude ripples through Jilya. The highly anticipated memoir from Nyamal psychologist Dr Tracy Westerman is a fascinating insight into a remarkable life. An international trailblazer in the fields of cultural competency, suicide prevention …

Culture August 24, 2024

Bina

The study of language by First Nations people has the power to save lives. Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New, a collaboration between Indigenous linguists Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams and linguistics professor Felicity Meakins, breathes …