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MEAA Members for Palestine

Today a new group of rank-and-file members of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance have published an open letter standing in solidarity with Palestine against genocide.

Please read, sign and share our letter here. There’s also a link to join the union if you’re not already a member, and to follow us on socials.

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Our letter has also been published today in Overland, where it stands alongside statements from artists, academics, booksellers and other groups who bear witness to the insidious and escalating censorship taking place in all areas of culture when it comes to Palestine. And of course Overland has published lots of great Palestinian writing over the years, and was the first publication in Australia to sign onto the MEAA Freelance Charter of Rights. They’ve been copping a lot of abuse for their position so please also subscribe and support Overland if you can.

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Finalist for the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism!

The Walkey Foundation announced their finalists for the 2023 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism today and I’m shortlisted for the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism alongside Catriona Menzies-Pike and Christopher Allen! How thrilling!

The piece that’s nominated is my review of Chinese theatremaker Wang Chong’s solo show at the Malthouse, Made in China 2.0. So many great critics have won this prize in past years, including Anwen Crawford, Jeff Sparrow, Sarah Krasnostein, and my editor for this piece and so many others, Alison Croggon. It feels like an unthinkable privilege just to write criticism at all, let alone get recognised for it, so I’m really startled, chuffed, blushing, beaming.

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China Tonight | ABC

Jinghua in a white shirt and black pants, sitting on a high stool on a tv set with a blue background and a camera in the foreground.

I have a few bits and pieces in China Tonight, a new ABC series on China hosted by Stan Grant and Yvonne Yong. It premieres tonight Tuesday 1 June (8pm on ABC News or 10:10pm on ABC TV) or you can watch it on iview whenever you like.

The first episode features me talking about China’s population crisis, Annie Louey on  stand-up comedy, and Stan interviewing senior diplomat Wang Xining, China’s Deputy Head of Mission in Canberra.

Presenters Stan Grant and Yvonne Yong smiling in front of a blue skyline with a 'China Tonight' logo that mimics a neon street sign.
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Melbourne Press Club mentorship

Thrilled to announce that I’ve been selected for a Melbourne Press Club mentorship!

Over the next 12 months, I’ll be mentored by award-winning radio documentary producer Fiona Pepper, who presents and produces Fictions on RN and has also made a host of other audio documentary features. Fiona comes from a theatre background so we have a shared interest in all forms of storytelling.

This is such perfect timing given that Liz Crash and I are just starting to develop the second series of Underfoot too. More on that soon.

Fiona Pepper.