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Jacinta Parsons
Sep 05, 2025
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Meanjin closure: Iconic literary journal to close immediately on 'financial  grounds'

When is it that we realise that we’ve been robbed? If the house has been kept in place, and the robbery was done swiftly, when do we realise what has been stolen? This is what I’ve been wondering since the news that Meanjin, one of Australia’s longest running literary journals at the ripe old age of 85, will publish its last at the end of this year.

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