Published by SBS Voices and Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement, ‘Straight-up Islander’ is Australia’s first online collection from writers with specific ancestral ties to the many islands and oceanways that make up the South Pacific Ocean. As Australia’s closest neighbours, we have a long and complicated history together: from the brunt of brownface humour to slavery and colonialism. Join the collection’s editor, Winnie Dunn, in this urgent and critical dialogue with Professor Jioji Ravulo, Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Kaiya Aboagye and Christine Afoa, all writers who represent Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Erub Island and Kuku Yalanji lands and oceanways.

Presented with SBS Voices and Sweatshop.

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