Poetry Workshop ❋ Free, book here.

Welcome to the Velvet Room, a generative workshop fusing tarot and persona, where different forms of people's hearts are called to awaken. Join us at the next lunar eclipse, together we will write the beginnings of poems that dwell between dream and reality, mind and matter.

Shastra Deo was born in Fiji, raised in Melbourne, and lives in Brisbane. Her first book, The Agonist (UQP 2017), won the 2016 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and the 2018 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Her second book, The Exclusion Zone (UQP 2023), is a love letter to all gamers. Shastra is the Liminal x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellow 2024.

Poetry Reading ✿ Free

Join us for a free community event, featuring readings from Elena Gomez, Shastra Deo, Lucy Van, Panda Wong, Anupama Pilbrow, and Saraid de Silva.

// please note the new venue at Panacea Bar! //

ReadingS ✿ FREE, MORE INFORMATION HERE

Hear readings from works shortlisted for the 2023 Small Press Network Book of the Year Award, followed by the announcement of this year’s winner.

The Small Press Network is dedicated to supporting independent publishers and broadening the diversity of work available in the Australian literary landscape. To celebrate the return of their Book of the Year Award, this instalment of The Next Big Thing will feature readings from works shortlisted for this year’s prize.

Readings ✿ Willing a Rainbow to Fly

Hosted by Regie Cabico featuring DC poets Casey Catherine Moore and Adrian Gaston Garcia, with spotlight performances by New Zealand's Poet laureate, Chris Tse, Saraid de Silva, and Nathan Joe.

More information here.

Readings ✿ Busboys & Poets, Brookland

Featuring spoken word artist Chrissy Ihsaan, with readings by Cher Tan, Hasib Hourani, Bryant Apolonio, Elizabeth Flux, Saraid de Silva, and Rose Lu. Hosted by Regie Cabico and Casey Catherine Moore.

More information here.

Readings ✿ Busboys & Poets, 450K St NW

Featuring Chris Tse, Nathan Joe, Bryant Apolonio and Hasib Hourani.

Hosted by Dwayne B, a homegrown DC native poet, activist, break-dancer, and fashion designer. He is one of the hosts of DC's longest running open mic series, Spit Dat, as well as a member of the Busboys and Poets hosting team for the 5th & K location.

More information here.

Podcast LAUNCH ✿ FREE, MORE INFORMATION HERE

Join us in the gardens for a relaxed and informal listening event and settle in for a selection of narrative audio stories from around the continent that showcase rigorous soundcraft, unconventional storytelling and hidden knowledges.

Lay on the grass, fold a jumper under your head and let us share a snapshot of creatively ambitious podcasting and radio in so-called Australia, alongside unreleased previews of LIMINAL’s forthcoming series.

*For accessibility information about this event, visit mpavilion.org/accessibility

BOOK LAUNCH ✿ FREE, MORE INFORMATION HERE

Join Liminal and Writers SA to celebrate the launch of Haunt, with readings from Justina Ashman, Olivia De Zilva, Stefanie Hooi, and Sam Lau, hosted by Liminal x Writers SA Editorial Mentees Smriti Daniel and Lyn Dickens.

Haunt is a collection of work edited by editorial mentees Smriti Daniel and Lyn Dickens, with support from Liminal editors Cher Tan and Elizabeth Flux. This event has been produced in partnership with OzAsia and Writers SA.

BOOK LAUNCH ✿ $12 — BOOK HERE

Join Liminal and Pantera Press, to celebrate the launch of Against Disappearance: Essays on Memory at Gleebooks, with readings by Barry Corr, Lou Garcia-Dolnik, grace ugamay dulawan and Lucia Tường Vy Nguyễn.

READING ✿ FREE — BOOK HERE

For The Next Big Thing, a line-up of writers explore the body – the bodies we inherit, how we clothe our bodies, and how different bodies experience youth, gender and sexuality. Part of the stellar lineup is Ryan Gustafsson, who will be reading his contribution to the collection Against Disappearance, an essay which explores adoption and the unknown legacy of the body.

PANEL ✶ FREE, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL — BOOK HERE

Hear from some of the most daring creative voices in the country as they discuss their contributions to Against Disappearance, a collection of essays from First Nations writers and writers of colour who bend boundaries, call on the past and envision new futures. Each piece in the anthology asks questions and shares stories for those who have been diminished or ignored in the writing of history. Leah Jing McIntosh, the book’s co-editor and founding editor of Liminal magazine, is joined in conversation by contributors Andre Dao, Hasib Hourani and Mykaela Saunders.

BOOK LAUNCH ✿ FREE, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL — BOOK HERE

Join Liminal and Pantera Press, for readings, drinks, and books as we celebrate the launch of Against Disappearance: Essays on Memory.

Against Disappearance will be launched by Evelyn Araluen, with readings by Mykaela Saunders, Hannah Wu and Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh.

READING ✿ FREE — BOOK HERE

This celebratory event will include an engaging panel discussion, a showcase of the final art work commissions and live performances from MAV’s Ahead of the Curve artists.

Join us for readings by Chi Tran and Mo Chamas from their work in Liminal’s Sanctuary, published as part of Ahead of the Curve.

PANEL ✶ FREE
Digital / View Here

Hailed as Australia’s first Muslim rom-com, Ali’s Wedding – the charming story of a cleric’s son caught between tradition and love – was celebrated for its portrayal of an underrepresented diaspora and involvement of community members in the cast and crew.

Using the film as a springboard, this panel conversation – co-presented by Faculty of Arts and Liminal magazine – unites Ali’s Wedding executive producer Tony Ayres, activist and Human Rights Arts & Film Festival chair Roj Amedi, and media scholar Ruby Hamad to discuss authenticity, visibility, and evolutions in both the screen landscape and Asian-Australian communities. Ultimately, this panel explores why ‘seeing ourselves’ remains a perennial concern in contemporary society, and further investigates the relationship between representation and cultural change in modern Australia. Moderated by essayist, critic and Liminal publication editor Adolfo Aranjuez.

PANEL ✶ FREE — Bookings Essential
Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, NSW.

Since 2017, LIMINAL has published and showcased some of Australia’s most exciting new voices. With its dedication to Asian-Australian writers, the platform is an antidote to the whiteness of Australian publishing. The inaugural LIMINAL Fiction Prize expanded this brief to writers of colour, producing a longlist that challenged genre and political conventions alike.

Liminal founder Leah Jing McIntosh, who edited the Collisions: Fictions of the Future anthology springing from the prize, speaks with contributors Naima Ibrahim, Mykaela Saunders, Bryant Apolonio and Eda Gunaydin.

Free — Bookings essential.

BOOK CLUB ❃ $10
Centre for Stories, 100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge WA.

Join the wonderful team at the Centre for Stories for an IRL special book club to celebrate the launch of LIMINAL‘s new book Collisions. Building on from our earlier collaboration, the Centre is pleased to host an event to celebrate LIMINAL’s latest work. Come and join a conversation about an exciting new work that focuses on a wide range of emerging voices. Book here.

PANEL ✶ $10 — BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Digital Event / Wollongong Writers Festival

Join LIMINAL's Leah Jing McIntosh with panellists Claire Cao, Bryant Apolonio and Eda Gunaydin as they read from upcoming fiction anthology, Collisions, and discuss writing and reading the body.

PANEL ✶ FREE — BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Digital / Avid Reader Bookshop

Join editor Adalya Nash Hussein and writers Victor Chrisnaa Senthinathan, Jason Gray, Bobuq Sayed and Jessica Zhan Mei Yu for a discussion on Collisions. Register here.

PANEL ✶ FREE — BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Digital / Better Read Than Dead Bookshop

Featuring both emerging and established Indigenous writers and writers of colour, Collisions showcases some of the best work that Australian literature has to offer. Join us to hear Mykaela Saunders, Claire Cao and Naima Ibrahim in conversation with Peter Polites. Register here.

LAUNCH & READINGS ✿ FREE — BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Digital / Readings Bookshop

Join us for the online launch of Collisions: Fictions of the Future. Launched by Julie Koh, with readings by Bryant Apolonio, Elizabeth Flux, Hannah Wu and editor Leah Jing McIntosh. This is an online event and free to attend. Please book here, and you will be sent a unique Zoom link.

LAUNCH & READINGS ✿ FREE — BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
DIGITAL / VIEW HERE

Turn the router off. Get a glass of water. Turn the router on. We live amid unpredictability; tears in the fabric increasingly reveal themselves. Can we take a glitch and re-fashion it to suit the mood? Can a glitch be a sign of disaffection, of continued existence, of intimacy?

Launching at EWF20, GLITCH is LIMINAL’s second series of digital writing, art and more.

With Hassan Abul, Ava Amedi, Cecile Richard and Michael Sun.

PERFORMANCE ✿ $15 — LIMITED TICKETS, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
NIDA Studios, 152 Sturt Street, Southbank.

A tree falls in the middle of the forest, surrounded by an orchestra: tuba, cello and all. The musicians sit unmoving, for exactly 4 minutes and 33 seconds: does anybody hear? Silence is golden, but gold can be so loud. The impulse to create perhaps begins in a tunnel of silence; in our world, now drowning in noise, silence becomes resistance, persistence. It is only fitting that in the world’s quietest room, you can still hear your very own heartbeat.

NIDA and LIMINAL present ‘Silent Treatment’, an exploration of silence, featuring Angie Pai, flower boy 卓颖贤, Tracey Chen, Jamie Marina Lau, Darlene Silva Soberano, Panda Wong, Kezia Yap, Hannah Wu, Rachel Lee, James Lew and Leah Jing McIntosh.

Supported by Mapping Melbourne Festival & Multicultural Arts Victoria.

WORKSHOP ❋ FREE
MPavilion, Kings Domain, Melbourne

Join MPavilion in embracing the freedom of self-publishing—free from the aesthetic standards and demands of other types of storytelling and publishing. During the workshop you’ll learn about zines and get an introduction to the process of putting one together. But mostly you’ll be creating your very own to take home, share, sell or swap. We’ll be loosely exploring the themes of emotions and identity. Become the author of your own story—you get to decide (or be guided in a fun way to do whatever you feel like)

This zine-making workshop will be led by comic quarterly Comic Sans and Liminal magazine, as part of MPavilion’s Archibald Weekend presented by ANZ.

MPavilion will supply all the materials, although feel free to bring your own (photos, photocopies, stickers, paraphernalia,etc). All levels welcome—no previous zine-making experienced required. This event is programmed by M_Curators members Henry Nguyen and Jess Eddy. The Archibald Weekend at MPavilion 2019 is proudly presented by ANZ. This event is free, and wheelchair-accessible.

WORKSHOP ❋ FREE
Testing Grounds, 1 City Road, Southbank

To celebrate the launch of the Comic Sans Exhibition come along and join our interactive comic drawing workshop.

Facilitated by comic artist Kim Lam (dangerlam), the workshop will create a fun and inclusive environment for self-expression and discussion. Learn, play and experiment with comic art, which is about drawing one image after another to tell a story, or say a little message. Bring along your sketch book and pens (there will be basic materials provided) and join the creativity circle—no drawing or comic experience necessary!

Join us at the Mapping Melbourne Community Day for food, performance and installations in partnership with Comic Sans x LIMINAL.

EXHIBITION ✦ FREE
Testing Grounds, 1 City Road, Southbank, Melbourne

The Comic Sans series considers drawing to be a mode of enquiry; a new way of thinking; a literary art form. These comics stretch from a few amusing thoughts, to quiet moments, to deep dives into the most intimate, devastating relationships. Curated by Rachel Ang and Leah Jing, Comic Sans is a serialised Australian comics anthology published by Liminal..

This exhibition features work from the series, by dangerlam, Humyara Mahbub, Issey Fujishima, Lee Lai, Matt Huynh, Meg O’Shea, Rachel Ang, urbigfrog, and more.

The Comic Sans Exhibition is presented as part of Mapping Melbourne 2019.

LAUNCH & READINGS ✿ FREE
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

To ‘pencil something in’ is to insist on an instability. Plans made cautiously; the ground you stand on is not stable. To exist in a ‘liminal state’ is much the same: an existence at the edge, or between two things. Come celebrate the shared desire to carve out space.

Join guest-editor Leah Jing and editor Yen-Rong Wong to launch issue #4 of Pencilled In: The LIMINAL Edition. Featuring performances by Rachel Ang, Madison Griffiths, Sumudu Samarawickrama, and Cher Tan.

Workshop ❋ $60
Centre for Stories, 100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge WA

Editor of Liminal Magazine, Leah Jing McIntosh will be visiting The Centre for Stories in July. During her time here, she will present a day long workshop on starting a journal. This will pay attention to publication, photography, interviews, grants, events, and community.

Drawing on her work with Liminal and its success in telling Asian Australian stories, Leah will be able to help local and emerging practitioners find creative ways to help them as editors, writers, and photographers. It is suitable for a wide range of people and will be a way for others to learn from a nationally recognised leader in the field.

Bring your ideas for your project to workshop with Leah and other workshop participants.

LAUNCH + SHOP ✿ FREE
ECU campus, Mount Lawley

Come and join us for the PCAF FESTIVAL DAY. Alongside copies of Liminal Volume I, and Comic Sans 1, 2 & 3, discover amazing comics and zines created by local and interstate talent; explore your own creativity in one of many workshops; listen to artist talks; experience two exhibitions.

More information about PCAF here.

LAUNCH & READINGS ✿ $10 + NOTAFLOF — TICKETS ONLINE & AT THE DOOR,
Loop Project Space & Bar, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne.

Salman Rushdie notes that the diasporic identity is “plural and partial” – sometimes we straddle two cultures, and other times, we fall between two stools. What does it mean to be both? What could it mean to stand on the hyphen that connects and separates; to build a self within interstitial space? Join Liminal as we explore this idea through poetry, prose and comics.

Featuring readings by Rachel Ang, Heather Joan Day, Peo Michie, Darlene Silva Soberano and Jessie Tu. Hosted by Leah Jing McIntosh.

SCREENING ✦ FREE
Northcote Town Hall, 189 High St, Northcote

We warmly welcome you to this special screening of the animated feature film, 'Window Horses'. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming, 'Window Horses' is a feature animation about love—love of family, poetry, history, culture.

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather go to Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians who tell her stories that force her to confront her past: the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of poetry itself.

Free admission; bookings essential. The film will be followed by free snacks, half-price drinks, and great conversations. Presented by Liminal’s 'Boundless' curator, Sumarlinah Raden Winoto and hosted by Darebin Intercultural Centre.