Sound on 🔊 for slide 4!
Have you ever tried a wattleseed cream top matcha 🍵 ? Got an old t-shirt 👕 that needs some upcyling? Marroung-gu to friends and community who have been testing some SPEAKINGTRUTH offerings in the works.
Keep a mooka 👂🏼 out for future third spaces coming to the Sydney basin.
[ First Nations, screen printing, home cafe, matcha ]
Oh yeah, we’ll be tabling at @otherworldszinefair during NAIDOC Week 😤 🖤💛❤️
Presenting our existing catalogue and some fresh zine drops for Koori Christmas at NSW’s biggest zine fair.
Spin a yarn, pick up some resources and say hi to the team of 2, @northbutsouthhh and @olliexreyes ⭐️
[ Other Worlds, Sydney, zines, First Nations, multilingual ]
It’s been a busy couple of months for @speakingtruthau , here’s a few weekends we can share 🤎
Hopping down the coast and up the mountains for zine fairs, great conversations and in-person outreach for our translation mission. Fun things coming soon 👕 🍵
[ zines, zine fair, First Nations, multilingual, translation ]
This Saturday we’re touching down on Gundungurra and Dharug Country in Katoomba 4 @mtnszineclub ✏️
Will have the full catalogue available on a half table, sharing with @olliexreyes - we had a pact this year to try to go to as many zine fairs as possible and this is both our first time going to the Blue Mountains.
Send through any Katoomba coffee/food reccs or swing by to have a yarn if you’re in the area 🤎
[ zines, zine fairs, First Nations, multilingual, stickers ]
Goodie bags are going to the Gong 4 @strangefoldszinefair .
We are bringing the largest amount of stock we have ever carted to a fair, including:
- (IM)PERFECT TRANSLATION, why we need everyday speaker’s translations.
- Take Away Truth-Telling, a pocket dictionary and activity book building off our poster resources in three phrases and five languages.
- Mystery 🆕 zine, can you peep the draft? Dropping in a new colourway, Strange Folds attendees get to see it first 👀
- Badges, stickers, stickersheets and posters.
- Our best-seller goodie bags: including a zine, sticker sheet, bumper sticker and two badges.
Price list dropped on stories morning of and hope to see some of you there! Come by for a good yarn, to ask questions or meet the team of two!
11/04 10am-3pm, Table 15 (map last slide)
Meet the artists:
OlliexReyes and SPEAKINGTRUTH
@olliexreyes
Queer & Transgender illustrator, zinester and designer. One part of the duo team behind SPEAKINGTRUTH.
@speakingtruthau
A multilingual truth-telling project based in ‘Sydney’. First Nations-led for a multilingual present and future.
☀️ Strange Folds Zine Fair
⏱️ 10AM - 3PM
🗓️ Saturday 11th April
🍓 Wollongong Town Hall
✂️ Free entry + zine making
SPEAKINGTRUTH will be at Spoonfest! 🥄🌈🥄
A huge thank you to @genderbility for hosting our first zine event of the new year. SPEAKINGTRUTH will be joining 20+ creative zinesters at Erskineville Town Hall this Sunday, Feb 22nd, from 10am to 3pm.
We’re ready to talk all things zines, design, and intersectionality! 💛 Come down and say hi to the team: Phoebe McIlwraith (@northbutsouthhh ), who’ll be handling everything SPEAKINGTRUTH, and Oliver Reyes (@olliexreyes ), who’ll be sharing the table with his own queer zines. 👋
We’ll have stock of our sticker sheets and zines from the recent Ashfield Town Hall event, plus the new ‘I <3 Truth-Telling’ bumper stickers available in-person for the first time! 🖤💛❤️
#FirstNations #Spoonfest #TruthTelling #Stickers #Zines
Hearts are full after our community gathering yesterday!
With an estimated 130+ people moving through the space over four hours, it’s been amazing to feel the excitement and listen to the ideas from our Inner West and greater Sydney community.
More photos coming soon but here’s some highlights.
📸 credit: Chrissie Hall, supported by @innerwestcouncil
#firstnations #truthtelling #multilingual
Last night before truth-telling takes over Ashfield town hall.
Here’s info on our two main talking sessions - Jan26: A history yarn and the (IM)PERFECT TRANSLATION community roundtable.
Come join the conversation in the Inner West this Saturday - 🔗 in bio
#firstnations #truthtelling #multicultural #january26
Only at SPEAKINGTRUTH Town Hall (24/01) Ashfield, tix in bio to register 🎟️
Soak up some truth-telling and take materials home in five languages to start conversations around and beyond January 26.
#FirstNations #January26 #multilingual
ahead of Invasion Day 2026, join us for a workshop on ‘why First Nations truth-telling is for everyone’ - esp if you care about climate justice❤️🔥
This open workshop is hosted by Phoebe McIlwraith (@northbutsouthhh ), Speaking Truth @speakingtruthau (a multilingual truth-telling project based in ‘Sydney’) and the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
It explores themes around January 26, unpacking ‘settler privilege’, why First Nations truth-telling is for everyone, and using your voice for good. Link in bio to RSVP for the Zoom link 🔗 🔗🔗
Phoebe McIlwraith is a Bundjalung and Worimi Saltwater dubay/galbaan (woman) from coastal NSW.
She is a multi-disciplinary Koori news and current affairs journalist with a background in political economy at the University of Newcastle. Her work as a producer, writer and reporter have been published by SBS, NITV, Guardian Australia, VICE, Refinery29, Pedestrian.TV, IndigenousX, and Common Ground First Nations.
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