Griffith Review

Griffith Review is a quarterly publication featuring essays, reportage, memoir, fiction, poetry and artwork from established and emerging writers and artists. Each edition focuses on a contemporary theme, enabling pertinent issues to be aired and discussed in a public forum.

Founded in 2003,Griffith Review has earned a reputation as "the leading literary magazine in Australia, with an uncanny ability to anticipate emerging trends". It was conceived by Griffith University as a way of advancing public debate and providing a platform for long-form writing. It was initially published by ABC Books, with significant support from founding patron Margaret Mittelheuser. In 2009, Text Publishing became the Review's publishing partner and distributor.

Founding editor Julianne Schultz aims for Griffith Review to be iconoclastic and non partisan, with a sceptical eye, a pragmatically reforming heart and a commitment to public discussion. With a policy of liberal openness to a wide range of perspectives, each edition provides the opportunity for broad interpretation of the theme by publishing across genres. It aims to illuminate important issues through analysis, reportage and writing that connects with the emotional impact of the subject, particularly through the inclusion of memoir. Griffith Review is at the forefront of the re-emergence of long-form journalism in Australia, and has actively encouraged academics to write for more general, informed audiences.

Each edition features a lead essay from a prominent Australian writer or cultural figure, and the topic is explored by about twenty-five other writers in a range of forms and from a wide array of perspectives. Lead essays have been written by Noel Pearson, Frank Moorhouse, Glyn Davis, David Burchell, and Murray Sayle, with other major contributors including Margaret Simons, Lloyd Jones, Ashley Hay, David Malouf, Marcia Langton, Robyn Archer, Marion Halligan, Tom Griffiths, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Wesley, Scott Rankin, Peter Beattie, Kim Scott, Melissa Lucashenko, John Kinsella and Cate Kennedy.