Portside Review brings you the best writing from the Indian Ocean. Portside Review is a literary journal run by the Centre for Stories with editorial members in Perth, Melbourne, Singapore, Kolkata and Mumbai. Published four times a year, there are features, essays, short stories, interviews, and poetry. Covering politics and culture, Portside Review is a vibrant and inclusive publication that celebrates an under-represented region in the context of world literature. Portside Review will publish four country specific issues in 2022 and 2023. These will focus on Singapore, South Africa, Myanmar and India, and offer literary exchanges with Australia.

Website: Centre for Stories

Project start-end dates: January 2022 – December 2023

Country: Singapore, South Africa, Myanmar and India

Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grant: $60,000