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"Serve the tea Blak": Ren Wyld in Conversation with Roanna Gonsalves
Tuesday 16 June | 4PM | Robert Webster Rm 327
Southerly is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural Southerly Essay, written by K. A. Ren Wyld and entitled "Serve the tea Blak".
As part of Southerly's ongoing revival, we will publish on our website a series of essays each focused on an Australian literary work or aspect of Australian literature. The inaugural Southerly Essay is an extended reflection on the award-winning work, Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea by Natalie Harkin (Wakefield Press, 2025).
To launch this first Southerly Essay, K. A. Ren Wyld will be in conversation with Roanna Gonsalves, Editor of Southerly, about the important themes of Harkin's work, the history contained within it, and the use of archival research to speak back to the colony and to power, through literature.
Southerly EOI now open for 2026
Founded in 1939, Southerly is Australia’s oldest literary journal, publishing the most exciting new Australian writing.
We invite expressions of interest for Southerly 81.1 'Ireland and Other Islands' (2026). This issue will explore contemporary ideas of Ireland and Irishness, their influence on Australian life and literature, and why certain voices are heard while others are overlooked. We welcome submissions from writers of Irish heritage as well as from all backgrounds that engage with these ideas.
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