The Suburban Review is a literary collective that worships creative writing.

This year we’re releasing Vol. 7 of our print journal. It will be dedicated to artists and writers of colour. 

We follow in the footsteps of Southern Crossings, Mascara Literary Review, and Peril—Australian publications that already champion work by often-marginalised voices. Australia has many talented writers and artists of colour, and we want to hear them, see them, celebrate them! 

In Vol. 7 we will be publishing 85 glorious pages of work by contributors who identify as people of colour. If you identify in this way and you’d like to submit your work, please click here. 

Vol. 7 is about proliferation; of voices, aesthetics, experiences, stories. In fact, we’re actively fighting against the silencing of non-white voices in creative communities.

This silencing was no accident, and our response and retaliation is not accidental. This is no one-off gesture, no empty symbol. We want to demonstrate a way to change the game, and we need your help to turn this into reality. 

The editor-in-chief of The Suburban Review’s Vol. 7 will be Anupama Pilbrow, our deputy editor and a writer whose work focuses on experiences of racial and ethnic marginalisation. This is an issue close to her (and our) heart. 

Meet the staff

Kitty Chrystal, Duncan Fardon, Chris Gooch, Adam Keogh, Zoe Kingsley, Dinu Kumarasinghe, Anupama Pilbrow, TJ Robinson, Jacob Sutherland and Nicola Williams. To find out more about our wonderful volunteer staff click here.

Contributors: 

We're pleased to announce that the resident artist for Vol. 7 will be Rachel Ang.

HANNAH DONNELLY

We're pumped to announce that Hannah Donnelly will be published in Vol. 7!

Hannah Donnelly is a Wiradjuri woman from New South Wales who grew up on Gamilaroi country. Creator of Sovereign Trax Indigenous music culture blog and co-editor of the Sovereign Apocalypse zine. Hannah’s personal work experiments with speculative fiction and future imaginings of Indigenous responses to climate change.

ALISON WHITTAKER

We're thrilled that Alison Whittaker will be on board for Vol. 7! 

Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi interdisciplinary poet and essayist. She works on Gadigal and Wangal land in media law and Aboriginal women’s law and policy. Alison has words in Archer, Colouring the Rainbow, Tincture, Seeds & Skeletons, Meanjin and Ngiya. 'Lemons in the Chicken Wire', her debut collection, was launched through Magabala Books in March 2016.

SEAN WAI KEUNG

We're excited to announce that Sean Wai Keung will grace the pages of Vol. 7. 

Sean Wai Keung is a UK-based poet and performer. In 2013 he was awarded the Farrago Zoo Award for Best Debut Poetry Performance and in 2015 he won the Cafe Writers Funniest Poem Award. He is digital editor for Lunar Poetry and continues to organise poetry events across the UK, including the World's End Poetry Series for Chelsea Theatre, London. He can be found here and he can be followed @SeanWaiKeung.