Compiled by feminists Caroline Norma and Melinda Tankard Reist, the curtain is yanked back and what it reveals is not a pretty sight. Exploitation, trafficking, violence, degradation, depression, drug and alcohol addiction, suicide and murder are part of the territory – not to mention the misogynistic and sadistic nature of the “punters”. — Judith Baragwanath, North & South Magazine
I'm so grateful these women survived and I am in awe of their courage in telling their stories in Prostitution Narratives. I'm grateful to the editors, to Rachel Moran, and to Spinifex Press. I encourage women to take this book and not just read it, but deploy it. — Carolyn Gage
Nous voulions créer un espace où les survivantes pourraient partager leurs témoignages, tout en révélant la réalité de l’exploitation commerciale du sexe et en rendant visible les souffrances qu’elle leur avait causé. — Melinda Tankard Reist in an interview in Revolution Feminista
Adoption Deception
by Penny Mackieson
An impassioned statement about the dangers of an Australian policy that could put the needs of couples seeking to adopt children from other countries above the actual needs of the children involved...I recommend this book to all those involved in discussions and decision-making about children potentially taken from their birth mothers. —MdBrady, Me, You, and Books
Town of Love
by Anne Ostby
Warning: These books are not for the faint of heart. Some of what is revealed most of us never heard before. Never even thought about it. It will sound quite unbelievable, even with our own American history of centuries of the ultimate trafficking in human flesh. — Alice Walker
Author Events
Winner of the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for 'Locust Girl', Merlinda Bobis (fourth from left) at the recent Philippine Heritage Day event held in Canberra.
Forthcoming Events
The Spinifex 25 Years Big Poetry Read
Saturday 9 July at 2.30 PM
Nicholas Building
First Floor
37 Swanston St
Melbourne
Readings Carlton - Monday 11 July, 6 for 6.30 pm
Join Merlinda Bobis, winner of the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in conversation on Locust Girl a Lovesong with Spinifex publisher Susan Hawthorne.
Feminist Forum - Radically Speaking: Reclaiming Feminism 20 years on
Tuesday 12th July, 2016, 6-7 pm
SAB (Building 80) @RMIT - 445 Swanston St
Level 3, Room 15 (80.03.15)
The forum will bring together some of the contributors, editors, and publishers, to discuss the impact of the book and the relevance of these ideas today.
Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed
Edited by Diane Bell and Renate Klein
25th Anniversary Events
Next month The Spin will bring you details of our forthcoming events along with details of how you can be involved.
