meanjin – Stilgherrian

03 August 2026

Weekly Wrap 844: Secret productivity, so have another pub

A red brick Australian suburban pub in the bright winter sunlight. On the left, the pub’s front, it’s a semi-circular arrangement with a balcony topped by a series of sculpted pegasuses, and right at the top a lighthouse-like structure — which once was an actual lighthouse! It’s on the other side of the highway from us. On its left is a tall mast for traffic lights. On the right, a pair of wooden utility poles for electricity, telephone, and internet.

Monday 27 July to Sunday 2 August 2026 was a busy week, and I’m very happy with that — although there isn’t much that I can show you right now. So much administrivia! And yet so handy for reducing stress.

07 September 202508 September 2025

Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium

I’ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice.

04 June 202413 November 2024

The 9pm Arty Greek Melbourne Chat with Esther Anatolitis

*Esther Anatolitis dominates the Melbourne artscape. (Photo: Sarah Walker Photography)*

As the autumn series of the Edict overflows into Official Winter, we go arty with Esther Anatolitis, editor of Australian literary journal Meanjin and a colossus striding the Melbourne arts scene and beyond.