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Congratulations and thank you to all those involved in the 2026 @blakandbright festival in Naarm. There were many magical moments of storytelling, unexpected laughter, some unfiltered comments, and important conversations around the future of First Nations publishing.

I left feeling inspired and grateful having been part of such a dynamic and welcoming community. So much love in that space 🙏🏽♥️

A shout out to the amazing B&B staff and board, the volunteers, Julian our driver (Swans beat the Lions!!!), and the gorgeous gals from Amplify Books, including their ambassador @tzeyikoay - always a joy to see you all!

Hope to see you all in 2027!

#blackandbright #writingfestival #literaryfestival #firstnationswriting

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@phoebegrainer is hosting her second First Nations & POC Poetry Night at narrm ngarrgu Library this Thursday! Now, more than ever, we need story.

🎟️ Free open mic
📆 Thursday 21 May at 6 - 8pm
📍 narrm ngarrgu Library

Credit for the beautiful art goes to @murrupukart

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Our lovely Phoebe Grainer is hosting a First Nations and POC poetry night! This is a night to speak your truth, to be inspired, and to dream ✨

🎟️ Free open mic
📆 Thursday 23 April at 6 - 8pm
📍 narrm ngarrgu Library

What's the story that you need to share?

Poster + illustration @cherrypickedcreative

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Shout out to Adam Novaldy Anderson!

Adam is an Indonesian-Australian writer from Bankstown who has been a core member of the Sweatshop movement since 2018.

Over the past eight years, Adam has demonstrated tremendous talent and expertise in linguistics, literary criticism and editing. He has mentored and guided hundreds of emerging FNPOC writers to develop their skill sets and discover their true literary voices.

To celebrate Adam’s vital contributions to our community, Sweatshop recently released a special edition of his acclaimed anthology, Povo: a radical and experimental collection of prose, poetry, street art and word scraps from the underground of multicultural suburbia.

Adam commissioned some of Australia’s hottest new writers for the anthology, including Forever Tupou, Victor Guan Yi Zhou, Natalia Figueroa Barroso, Meyrnah Khodr, Adrian Mouhajer, Rayann Bekdache, Daniel Nour, Fahad Ali, Nadia Demas, Jenanne Ibrahim, Leila Mansour, Priyanka Bromhead, Helen Nguyen, Yasir Elgamil, Katie Shammas, Phoebe Grainer and many others!

The new edition of Povo is available now in all good bookstores and libraries.

Please visit our linktree to order your very own copy for the povo-price of only $19.95:

linktr.ee/sweatshopws

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Happy Publication Day!

Congratulations to Shirley Le and all the beautiful contributors on the release of our latest anthology: Love.

Over the past two years, Shirley has curated this mesmerising collection of stories, poems and essays by 35 FNPOC writers, which delve deep into the tormented soul and unravel that big crazy thing called the human heart.

Featured in the anthology are some of Australia’s finest new authors, including Natalia Figueroa Barroso, Daniel Nour, Sheree Joseph, Tyree Barnette, and many others.

Love is available now for only $24.95. We also encourage readers to request copies from their local libraries.

Please visit our linktree for more information and orders:

linktr.ee/sweatshopws

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I’m a STORYTELLER, not a GRANT WRITER.

Two months ago I had the absolute pleasure of being part of the @moogahlin Yellamundie Festival which gives both seasoned and aspiring theatre makers the opportunity to get in a room with collaborators for 2 weeks and present/pitch to an audience willing to witness the early heartbeat of our ideas.

My piece, DIARY OF A CITY BLAK is a work in progress that navigates my Blak, Black, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Indigenous, First Nations (pick whichever speaks to you) diaspora. A piece about identity, yearning, and carving out a space in the city that rarely makes room for us.

I want to thank the entire team at @moogahlin for the opportunity. I’m proper grateful, not just for the platform, but for reminding me I’m on the right path, even after the constant knockbacks from white/mainstream orgs that nearly had me giving up on opportunities like this. I felt truly supported from beginning to end, and I’d 100% recommend this program to any aspiring theatre makers.

To my team deadly team! @sharileesebbens , Nathan Maynard, Amy Flannery, @norulesjustpassion, thank you for pushing me, supporting me, reminding me to eat and holding me through those two weeks as I searched for my language and vision on stage. Thank you for challenging me to explore new ways of storytelling outside my comfort zone.

And to everyone who came to the showing and went on that journey with me, thank you. 🙏🏾 I did not expect that ovation for a work still in development, but you chose to come on that ride, and I’m deeply grateful. 🙏🏾

🎥 - @stephenwilsonbarker
📸 - Jamie James and Jarrah Bill
Produced and Presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts

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Thank you to all the readers and writers across Australia who supported the re-release of our transformative anthology, Povo.

Edited by Indonesian-Australian writer, Adam Novaldy Anderson, Povo is a gritty collection of stories, poems and scraps from the underground of multi-racial and multi-radical Australia.

Featuring Forever Tupou, Victor Guan Yi Zhou, Natalia Figueroa Barroso, Meyrnah Khodr, Adrian Mouhajer, Rayann Bekdache, Daniel Nour, Fahad Ali, Nadia Demas, Jenanne Ibrahim, Leila Mansour, Priyanka Bromhead, Helen Nguyen, Yasir Elgamil, Katie Shammas, Phoebe Grainer and many others!

The new edition of Povo is available now for only $19.95. Please visit our linktree to order your copy today:

linktr.ee/sweatshopws

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This was such a beautiful moment captured on TV show @whilethemenareaway the #spirit of these #actors and their infectious #laughter was just pure #foodforthesoul @phoebegrainer @shaka_cook and #xavier 💛🤎 @sbsondemand @nitv_au

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Sweatshop is delighted to announce that our ground-breaking anthology, Povo, has now entered its second print-run.

To celebrate, we are proud to release this special edition of the book with an edgy new cover by Julien Ortiz.

Edited by Indonesian-Australian writer, Adam Novaldy Anderson, Povo is a gritty collection of stories, poems and scraps from the underground of multi-racial and multi-radical Australia.

Featuring Forever Tupou, Victor Guan Yi Zhou, Natalia Figueroa Barroso, Meyrnah Khodr, Adrian Mouhajer, Rayann Bekdache, Daniel Nour, Fahad Ali, Nadia Demas, Jenanne Ibrahim, Leila Mansour, Priyanka Bromhead, Helen Nguyen, Yasir Elgamil, Katie Shammas, Phoebe Grainer and many others!

The new edition of Povo is available now for only $19.95. Please visit our linktree to order a copy today:

linktr.ee/sweatshopws

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Thanks for having me @moogahlin 2025 Yellamundie Festival! MAH MOB BE DEADLY BEEEAARCH 🖤❤️💛

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Another World Festival🎆 is honoured to present 'Bulunggayi' by Leanne Tobin, the first major Dharug text-based performance work of scale that explores the story of Leanne’s ancestor, Bulunggayi (Maria Locke), a formidable Dharug advocate who fought for justice and equality in Western Sydney.

10 years in the making, Bulunggayi’s story is brought to life by Leanne Tobin and a self-determined team of esteemed First Nations performance makers.

Bulunggayi is created and written by Leanne Tobin (@lea_tobin). Featuring:
Dramaturgy by Phoebe Grainer (@phoebegrainer)
Writers’ room contributors Hannah Donnelly (@tidda_puffs) and Travis De Vries (@travisdevries)

‘Bulunggayi’ – on-script progress showing & facilitated feedback
🗓️ Saturday 15 November , 5-6:30pm
📍 Utp, Bankstown Arts Centre

Another World Festival 🎆 14-16 November
Reserve your ticket now via the link in bio. 🔗

🖋️ Cover image credit: Artist impression of Maria Locke. Maria’s Dilemma and the Dharug Legacy, 2009, by Leanne Tobin. Courtesy the artist.

#utp25 #whoisreadyforanotherworld #AnotherWorldFestival #WesternSydney #ExperimentalArts

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it’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business

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