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Letters – October 2025

by Eli McLean, Theodore Ell, Ben Brooker, et al.
October 2025, no. 480

Letters – October 2025

by Eli McLean, Theodore Ell, Ben Brooker, et al.
October 2025, no. 480

Meanjin Deputy Editor on our cultural moment

My career began at Australian Book Review, and as such I’ve been prompted to reflect on the importance of publications such as ABR to ensuring a robust critical culture in Australia in the wake of Meanjin’s closure. The decision was announced on September 4 that Meanjin, one of Australia’s longest-running literary journals, would cease to be published by its custodian, Melbourne University Publishing, and that the editor and I would be made redundant.

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