In our annual Fiction Edition, you’ll meet a spirited Shih Tzu, experience paranormal tech activity, be floored in the boxing ring, take a surreal tour of NZ, farewell loved ones, and fall in and out of love. 📖

With thanks to @CopyrightAgency, available with your local vendor!

"He was good to me. He used to bring me McDonald’s. I don’t like McDonald’s, but I like him. He’s a good friend." – Geoff sells The Big Issue at Church St, Brighton and at Parliament Station. 📕

Meet Melbourne vendor Geoff in the latest mag or online: bit.ly/4q1PHue

No Matter What, Ronan Keating (@ronanofficial) is grateful for family, boybands and BMX bikes. 🚲

Read The Voice Australia judge’s Letter to My Younger Self in our newest edition. Out now with your local vendor 📕

Big shoutout to @thebigissue for their support of the Australian team taking part in the Homeless World Cup 💚💛

#HomelessWC ⚽

Meet Your Vendor: Kellee!

"I don’t like sitting around at home: I’m the type who wants to be out working, earning a living my way. Rain or shine I’m out there, usually five days a week."

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The Street Socceroos have taken flight and are on their way to represent Australia at the 20th @homelesswrldcup in Norway! Keep up with all the ‘Cup action right here on our social media channels – we’ll be live streaming every Australian game on our Facebook ⚽

#Oslo2025HWC

How do you rep your football team? Daniel K celebrates @NorwoodFC (@SANFL) in poetry and paint in our new edition! From Aussie rules to rugby league and soccer, this fortnight’s mag is chock-full of footy fandom.

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#ForTheLoveOfTheGame

Carn, The Big Ish! From Aussie rules to rugby league and soccer, we’re celebrating what makes football special: the fans!

We asked some of the biggest footy die-hards how they picked their teams, and why they love them.

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@TheMatildas @ParamountPlusAU @morganaoreilly 💼 Sophie Quick tells us how her time at The Big issue informed the themes of her debut novel, The Confidence Woman (@AllenAndUnwin)

@TheMatildas @ParamountPlusAU @morganaoreilly @AllenAndUnwin 🥪 Mehak Kansal creates the super toastie: try her Bombay Cheese Toast in Tastes Like Home.

🎨 Cover Artwork by @ashermcshane

@TheMatildas @ParamountPlusAU @morganaoreilly @AllenAndUnwin 💿 No porkie-pies: we’re chatting to @THEBETHS
about their latest album, Straight Line Was a Lie.

📢 Ron in Perth shouts out our current edition.

We chat to @ican_australia about how we can turn back the clock on nuclear weapons.

🎨 Luke Matthew John Arnold

📕 Ron sells The Big Issue at His Majesty’s Theatre on Hay Street and Mary Street Bakery in Perth.

I'm back in @thebigissue!

This time, I wrote a capsule review for French dramedy #TheStolenPainting. 

You can pick it up now via your local BIG ISSUE vendor.

“Someone could destroy this planet because these weapons exist." - @NukeDaveSweeney. “We have to stop it.” In our new edition, hear from ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the global organisation lobbying for nuclear disarmament.

🐶 Release the hounds! @patrick_lenton Lenton heads to perhaps the most important red-carpet event there is: a dog-friendly screening of The Friend.

📕For all this and so much more, pick up a copy of The Big Issue from your local vendor – on sale now! bit.ly/4lUXl8u