Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim

Jessica Walton spins a joyous encounter at a sci-fi convention that doesn’t downplay the challenges of being young, queer and disabled, but also provides moments of connection and levity. Mimi Lee writes poignantly of family dysfunction and loss, living between two countries and finding help through a psychologist. Meet Me at the Intersection contains fiction, memoir and poetry, and the range of voices, styles and experiences makes for lively, thoughtful and entertaining reading.Įllen van Neerven conjures up everyday tensions and family love, with a slice-of-life story about a soccer-playing teen. With stories by First Nations writers up front, the anthology flows on to the work of writers living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ writers and writers of colour. The collection features a mix of emerging and established writers and, as its title suggests, resists ‘single stories’ – allowing complexity and intersectionality to flourish.

Readings will be our bookseller at this event.Masterminded by authors Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina, Meet Me at the Intersection is a highly successful and much-needed anthology of Australian Own Voices writing – stories about marginalised peoples told by people from those marginalised groups. These are stories by and about Aboriginal Australians, queer Australians, people living with disabilities and more.Īt the Wheeler Centre in September, Lim and Kwaymullina along with contributors Jessica Walton and Ellen van Neerven, will discuss the meaning, and the value, of the Own Voices movement in YA writing today. The initiative aims to offer young readers a much broader, richer range of Australian perspectives beyond what passes for mainstream. The anthology has emerged from Lim and Kwaymullina’s ongoing Voices from the Intersection initiative, which promotes YA and children’s authors of diverse backgrounds. Meet Me at the Intersection features the work of some excellent established writers, as well as up-and-coming names from all across Australia. It’s a book of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors of various ethnicities, cultures, genders, sexualities and abilities. Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology edited by two Australian powerhouse YA authors: Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina.

Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim