What does the end of Meanjin say about Australian culture?
Sep 9, 2025
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After 85 years, Melbounre University Publishing has shut down Meanjin on "purely financial grounds". The decision sees the end of the platform and publication that gave us the term "cultural cringe" and has published generations of Australian writers. If a journal like Meanjin can't survive, what does that mean for the place of culture in Australian life?