Diverse Publishing Isn’t Just About Writers

Bridget Caldwell-Bright, Kill Your Darlings, March 2022

As Freeman notes, 'Non-Indigenous editors increasingly find themselves negotiating the uncomfortable territories of race, politics and power for which [they are] poorly prepared'. The easiest way to avoid this inappropriate and often unsafe situation is to have Indigenous editors working with Indigenous writers; enabling the development of Indigenous expression without the added complications that arise with a cross-cultural relationship.