Melbourne University Publishing statement on Meanjin
University of Melbourne statement on Meanjin
MUP Frequently Asked Questions about Meanjin
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Daanyal Saeed, Crikey
Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Kelly Burke, Guardian Australia
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
Alexander Howard, The Conversation
Australian writers slam closure of iconic literary magazine Meanjin
Kerrie O’Brien, The Age/SMH
Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, to close
Paul Dalgarno, Arts Hub
ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure
Australian Society of Authors
Meanjin literary journal to close on ‘financial grounds’
Books+Publishing
An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne on the Closure of Meanjin
Alan Fyfe and signatories
Save Meanjin. It matters.
Edward Plunkett and signatories
A lament for Meanjin
Michael McGirr, Pearls and Irritations/Eureka Street
‘Purely financial grounds’
David Blumenstein, nakedfella
Unimelb is shutting Meanjin down. Why?
Radio Fodder News
The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better.
Ben Eltham, The Conversation
‘Destroying a proven breeding ground’: Peter Carey slams Meanjin closure
Kerrie O’Brien, The Age/SMH
Melbourne University’s closure of Meanjin sparks outcry
Newsmoco
Closure of iconic Australian literary journal Meanjin sparks outrage among writers
Marina Collins, Archyde
Australian literary magazine Meanjin closes after 85 years
ABC News Radio
Meanjin: bean counting misses the intangible value of reading and imagining
Jessica White, Arts Hub
Uni shuts down Australia’s second-oldest literary journal Meanjin ‘for financial reasons’
Georgie Kibel, The Australian
The loss of a literary journal
ABC Radio Melbourne
The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating
Ben Walter, Guardian Australia
‘Cultural pillage’: Writers devastated by decision to close iconic literary journal Meanjin
SBS News
The death of Meanjin: Price of everything, value of nothing dept.
Jonathan Green
On the closure of Meanjin
Catherine Noske, Westerly
The day the music died
Jacinta Parsons
85 yılın ardından ‘Meanjin’ dergisi kapanıyor
Velev
Axing of Meanjin does not add up
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Council of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences statement
Australian Academy of the Humanities statement
Saving the Literary Commons: Meanjin, Governance Friction, and the Call for Stewardship
Sean Johnson
Hardly anyone reads Meanjin any more. So why does its end even matter?
Karl Quinn, The Age/SMH
Meanjin‘s Sad Decline and Demise
Mathew White, Quadrant
Meanjin closure a ‘gross act of ignorance’
Peter Craven, The Australian
Meanjin ‘financial’ shutdown doesn’t add up
Catriona Menzies-Pike, Crikey
Meanjin archive to be ‘made available for free’
Books+Publishing
On the closure of Meanjin
The Suburban Review
Important news for Australian writers: if you’ve previously written for Meanjin…
Caroline Overington, The Australian
Meanjin mumblings, Albo’s podcast parlay, and Trump masterfully pisses off absolutely everyone
Crikey
What does the end of Meanjin say about Australian culture?
David Marr interviews Ben Eltham, ABC RN Late Night Live
‘Cultural pillage’: The Australian literary community responds to Meanjin’s closure
Books+Publishing
Meanjin to close after 85 years and Anthropic agrees to $1.5 Billion dollar settlement with authors
ABC Arts in 30
Australia is losing cultural institutions untied to the ‘logic of profit’, say Crikey readers
Crikey
University of Melbourne Creative Writing Program statement on Meanjin closure
Dr Romy Ash, Dr Clem Bastow, Dr Quinn Eades, Dr Rachel Hennessy, Dr Andy Jackson, Dr Odette Kelada, Bec Kavanagh, Dr Emma Marie Jones, Dr Liz MacFarlane, Dr Helen Milte, Dr Cath Moore, Dr Nadia Niaz, Dr Radha O’Meara, Associate Professor Eddie Paterson, Dr Hayley Singer, Dr Soren Tae Smith, Associate Professor Maria Tumarkin, Associate Professor Julienne van Loon, Dr Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
The Battler podcast with special guest Eli McLean
Patrick Marlborough and Timwintoncellectuals
Statement by Kate Larsen, author of independent review into Meanjin
‘Don’t stack up’: Writers protest over Meanjin closure
Charlotte Grieve and Linda Morris, SMH/The Age
‘Pass the torch’: writers protest over journal’s demise
Liz Hobday, AAP
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest
Kelly Burke, The Guardian
Avustralya’da ‘Meanjin’ için sokak eylemi
Daha Fazla Göster, Velev
Australian literature: so long, Meanjin
Cartriona Menzies-Pike
Interview with Evelyn Araluen, Editor of Overland
RRR Spin Cycle
Statement by Kate Larsen, author of 2025 review into Meanjin‘s performance and sustainability
University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin
Dr Sarah Balkin, A/Prof Justin Clemens, Prof Deirdre Coleman, Dr Sara Fernandes Crouch, Dr Michael Falk, Dr Lindsay Goss, Dr Margaret Harvey, Dr Joe Hughes, Dr Ryan Johnson, Dr Jessica Marian, Prof David McInnis, Dr Beth McLean, Dr Marc Mierowsky, Dr Lynda Ng, Prof Peter Otto, Dr Elliot Patsoura, Prof Paul Rae, Dr Miranda Stanyon, Dr Mairi Stirling Hill, Prof Stephanie Trigg, Prof Clara Tuite, Prof Denise Varney
The soft and quiet power of Australian literature needs public champions
Farrin Foster, InDaily
Who killed Meanjin? And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?
Nick Feik, Crikey
Who killed Meanjin? New revelations cast doubt on the official explanations for its closure
Nick Feik on Substack
“No Guernicas, no sacred places”: On the closure of Meanjin
Eli McLean, Overland
University of Melbourne Screen and Cultural Studies program statement
Hannah McCann, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies; Jon Dale, Head Tutor in Cultural Studies; Fran Martin, Professor in Cultural Studies; Mark Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies; Cristobal Escobar, Lecturer in Screen Studies; Chris Healy, Professor in Cultural Studies; Nonie May, Lecturer in Screen Studies; Duncan Caillard, Honorary Fellow; Barbara Creed, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Elena Benthaus, Lecturer in Cultural Studies; Ling Tang, Lecturer in Cultural Studies; Hamish McIntosh, Honorary Fellow; Janice Loreck, Senior Lecturer Screen Studies; Ben Gook, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies
Second oldest Australian literary journal Meanjin to shut down after 85 years of operation
Sebastien Tuzilovic, Honi Soit
Meanjin: A legacy and a lamentable closure
David Lewis, New Politics
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations—and it’s not about money
Julienne van Loon, Bronwyn Coate and Millicent Weber, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Emma Sutherland, The Age
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and return & more details emerge about Meanjin
ABC RN Arts in 30
The killing of Meanjin and the economics of forgetting
Andrew Hamilton, The Conversation
I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling
Emma Sutherland, Arts Hub
All work, no play: the cruel reality of being an Australian writer
Jane Sullivan, The Age
Statement in support of Meanjin‘s future
RMIT Professional Writing & Editing staff and friends
From terraces to trust. How community could save a literary icon.
Simon Harding
Highlights of Kummargii Yulendji Symposium 2025
InfoRMIT and CAVAL
Securing the future of NZ’s literary journal scene
Sapeer Mayron, The Post / Te Upoko O Te Ika
Exclusive! Despatches from the Paris End
Kurt Johnson
Joint statement on the closure of Meanjin
Alison J Barton, Editor-in-Chief, The Suburban Review; Daniel Juckes, General Editor, Westerly Magazine; Joel Keith, Editor, Voiceworks Magazine; Martin Dolan, Chair, Australian Poetry; Jacinta Le Plastrier, Freelance Volume Editor (including for Australian Poetry); Jane Rawson, Managing Editor, Island Magazine; Dr Evelyn Araluen, Co-editor, Overland; Dr Jonathan Dunk, Co-editor, Overland; Audrey Pfister, General Manager, un Projects; Michelle Cahill, Author and Literary Editor, Mascara Literary Review; Sophie He, Editor, Farrago Magazine; Marcie Di Bartolomeo, Editor, Farrago Magazine; Farrin Foster, Editor, Splinter Journal; Jessica Wilkinson, Editor, Rabbit; Alex Stevenson, Creative Director, Lead Designer and Editor, Soft Stir; Chloe Hayman, Editor-in-Chief and Producer, Soft Stir; Daniel Holmes and Annabelle Turner, Co-directors, no purchase; Rebecca Starford, Publishing Director and CEO, Kill Your Darlings; Suzy Garcia, Editor, Kill Your Darlings; Carody Culver, Editor, Griffith Review
Uni Melb dodges questions on financial bids to save Meanjin and denies external pressure over journal’s axing
Daanyal Saeed, Crikey
The fraying relationship between universities and the arts
Distinguished Prof George Williams and Prof Clare Wright, ABC Arts in 30
Meanjin closure by Melbourne university press following their publishing of pieces critical of Zionism
Artwork Purely Financial Grounds by David Blumenstein featured in the Museum of Australian Democracy annual Behind the Lines exhibition celebrating Australia’s best political cartoons as a unique time capsule of the year in politics.
FOI docs reveal Meanjin axing never debated by Melbourne Uni. And why were all bids to save it rejected?
Daniel Hurst, Crikey
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