I love local libraries. So much so that across all my years of primary school, I was a chronic library visitor. Appa and I would make our weekly trip down to Marrickville Library (the old one, down the road from Marrickville Town Hall), where I would spend hours scouring shelves for the twenty or so books I would take home with me and systematically read through in the dimly lit corners of my room.
Over the years, in amongst moving between places and stumbling through the trials and tribulations of being a teenage girl, my local library visiting rates significantly declined. Yet, the occasional visits still never fail to bring a smile to my face. There is a familiarity to the space that makes me remember to unclench my jaw and take a breath.
This edition looks to that feeling of community. Communities we make, find, and lose, and those that make, find and lose us in return. The past months have also shown us the power of community resistance and strength of community in fighting for justice. Honi stands with the fight for a free Palestine.
Within these pages you’ll find the idiosyncrasies that form and impact communities around us. I hope this little community that Honi has created stays with you in some small way, wherever you go and wherever you may end up.
Oh, and visit your local library.
