Congratulations to editors Jane Lydon, Zoe Laidlaw and Georgina Arnott for the publication of the special issue of the Australian Journal of Biography and History, ‘Writing Slavery into Biography: Australian Legacies of British Slavery’. The issue ‘uses biographical approaches to explore how British slavery shaped the Australian colonies. It is the first stand-alone journal issue to feature an emerging body of historical work tracing the movement of people, investment and ideas from the Caribbean to Australia. Seven refereed articles and a roundtable discussion show how investment, imperial aspiration and migration turned towards Britain’s ‘Second Empire’ in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.’ Authors include Malcolm Allbrook, Emma Christopher and Jeremy Martens.