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My Revels at Grapeshot Have Ended
Features Section Editor, Sophie Poredos, dramatically picks up her pen for the last time, and reminisces on her years at Grapeshot. My...
Apr 10, 2025
Museum of Failure or Gallery of Trying?
Bianca Chatterjee recounts her various fumbles through her 22 years, but also the valuable lessons that these have taught her, including...
Apr 10, 2025
Collecting Artifacts: Real Life Edition
Resident News Section Editor, Beth Nicholls, explores the similarities between collecting gems in games and collecting experiences...
Apr 10, 2025
90 Days on a 90s Diet: Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
Vanessa Bland takes us through her experiment of living like it was in the 90’s: no social media, no contemporary film and tv – just...
Apr 10, 2025
Diddy: Behind the Sensationalism
Editorial Assistant, Sarah Shahid, takes a closer look into the Diddy case, which has recently made international news headlines. ...
Apr 10, 2025
Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Career Comes to a Close
News Section Editor, Beth Nicholls, recaps the highs and lows of Daniel Ricciardo’s time in Formula 1 from 2011 to 2024, with the...
Apr 10, 2025
USYD's Student Journalism Conference: More than a Glorified Ted Talk
Lead Section Editor, Sophie Poredos, alongside her fellow Grapeshot colleagues, attended the University of Sydney’s (USYD) Student...
Apr 10, 2025


The Evolving Landscape of Alfonso Cuarón's Mexico: Y Tu Mamá También and Roma
Sarah Shahid explores the reality of Mexico’s political landscape and the significance of the human experience within Alfonso Cuarón’s Y...
Apr 10, 2025


“Sabrina Loves To Be On Top.” Carpenter’s genre-blending Short n’ Sweet studio album
Chantelle Mackintosh takes us on a lyrical and musical journey through every track of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Short n’ Sweet ...
Apr 10, 2025


GRAPEY BOOK CLUB: Casey McQuiston’s Self-Aware The Pairing Disappoints with an Underwhelming Romance
Repeat Offenders Editor Nic Chang takes a break from their usual Nic’s Flix to review Casey McQuiston’s newest book The Pairing and...
Apr 10, 2025


Shoegaze Summer
Sophia Kearns spins a winding melody of music and memory. Winter's grip loosens, and suddenly we're veiled in days that feel like summer....
Mar 24, 2025


Rambutan
Daniela De Vera contemplates the bittersweet sensation of shifting homes, losing contact with one culture only to find belonging in...
Mar 24, 2025


Senses Overload
Tanisha explores how shared memories shape one’s identity and a sense of belonging by reflecting on a past friendship. My...
Mar 24, 2025


Edible Plants of Sydney
Section Editor Kayleigh Greig urges you to enjoy the true Australian cuisine straight from your backyard. Your garden can be the biggest...
Mar 24, 2025


My Roots Beneath Two Skies
I tread softly on the place where my home stands, where eucalyptus trees whisper secrets in the wind and my spirit stands unafraid....
Mar 24, 2025
Roots and Remains
Recently I have found that my heart is split into two. Half of my heart belongs in Sri Lanka with the people who gave me life and raised...
Mar 24, 2025


Jakarta, 14 May 1998
Hello, I am writing this in Bahasa English because my professors keeping telling me this one is language of the future, and daddy agrees...
Mar 24, 2025


I am not from here
My ancestors were born in this dusty horse town, yet it is foreign to me. Straw, manure, and all those trees — eucalyptus mingled with...
Mar 24, 2025
you i mourn like plants mourn their roots
June warm and summer hazy when she returns to visit it’s somehow worse that she recognises it ...
Mar 24, 2025


Apricot Sprites
the wind, of course, blows, the green grass sways, the white clouds float on by. you know this, and you watch anyway. somewhere else,...
Mar 24, 2025


On The Park Jetty
Sitting on the park jetty, waiting for Saffa — who probably wouldn’t be on time if the date took place in her bedroom — I found myself...
Mar 24, 2025


The Hope We Look Towards
Imogen had only bought the test this morning, but she had been waiting for the results for weeks, counted by heartbeats she couldn’t hear...
Mar 24, 2025


The Causeway Giants Who Gifted Pebbles
The car rolled to a stop on the crunchy gravel path. Billy's mum had driven all the way up to the last shop on the main road, halfway up...
Mar 24, 2025
Grapeshot acknowledges the Wallumattagal clan, of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and meet. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed, and would like to pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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