(Free Poetry at CASPA Castlemaine) In this our second blog post for 2018 we remember Reza Barati’s life. And we remember his murder 4 years ago in the Manus Prison. Boush writes of his five years in Indonesia, Kazem sends a poem of love and loss from Manus, longing for home is powerfully written by…Continue Reading
Author: Janet
First Dog on Eaten Fish
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/20/the-terrible-true-story-of-mr-eaten-fish-manus-island-cartoonist https://www.communityrun.org/petitions/save-eaten-fish-ali-bring-him-to-australia
Who will cry for the young men?
HIGH COURT 06.02.2016 It has been a hard week for many with the High Court decision coming down largely in favor of the government. Here are some responses from writers in detention. Firstly: Aziz is a writer and human rights defender who has been detained on Manus Island for 31 months. He prefaces the poem…Continue Reading
Welcome
Welcome to our new Writing Through Fences blog. Here you will find: articles by our contributors and members information about our activities reviews news We will sometimes have a guest blogger and will notify you of that. So go ahead and peruse where we are at so far. This is a space for the voices…Continue Reading