A LITERARY JOURNAL FOR DIVERSE VOICES.
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Issue Fourteen Podcasts.
Podcast one Podcast Two Podcast Three Podcast Four
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Down Stream – Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Annika Johansson Publisher: Echo Publishing RRP: $32.99 Release Date: Out Now “The life that Sal and I had two weeks ago is now a peeling, stewing carcass.” In February 2022, Lismore and the Northern Rivers region of NSW experienced the worst flooding disaster in Australian recorded history. The…
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Interview with Bernard Cornwell
Other Terrain is honoured to include in this issue this transcript of the interview conducted by Marion Taffe. In this interview, Marion talks with Bernard Cornwell, one of the most respected writers of historical fiction. This interview also shows how us that an unpublished novel is not locked into stone. The publication date for…
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The unbreakable connections made through crazy times: interview with Markus Zusak.
Markus Zusak speaks about how to both welcome and say goodbye to our much-loved family pets.
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Three Wild Dogs and The Truth: Book Review.
“There’s nothing like having a punch-up with your dog on a crowded city street.”
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The Marriage Debate: A Queer kid’s recollection of growing up Catholic and closeted.
by Elise Harrington. ‘You’re not gay. You’re not gay. You’re not gay. You’re not gay. You’re not gay. You’re not gay.’ I lay completely flat on the couch repeating the words to myself, as though I could rid my thoughts and feelings by simply convincing myself otherwise. These delusions came shortly after receiving an…
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Crossing paths with both humour and loss: interview with James Colley.
James Colley explores how the light and darkness in people’s stories can bring a community together to achieve a collective purpose.
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Upon a Starlit Tide: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Kell Woods Publisher: Voyager AU (HarperCollins Australia) RRP: $34.99 Release Date: 25 February 2025 “Her tail flicked of its own accord, and she surged through the water, faster and stronger than she had ever thought possible.” What happens when you blend historical fantasy with fairy tales, romance and…
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Australian Gospel: A Family Saga
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Lech Blaine Publisher: Black. Inc RRP: $36.99 Release Date: Out Now “Michael Shelley kidnapped Elijah on a sunlit Monday afternoon.” There is a well-known saying that truth is stranger than fiction. In the case of Lech Blaine’s creative non-fiction, Australian Gospel: A Family Saga, this sentiment rings at…
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On being a “Lone Ranger” in journalism’s “Wild West”
In the famous phrase “murder your darlings”, “you” are a writer and your “darlings” are the parts of a piece that, despite your love for them, must be scrapped.
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I was but a helpless witness.
I was but a helpless witness
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Celestial Eclipse
By Isobel Hinds-Brooks. Science tells us that an eclipse is a moment where the sun and moon are perfectly aligned. However, many years ago, during a time of superstitions and “signs”, it was seen as a bad omen. The idea of one celestial somehow blocking the other was a sign of incoming Armageddon. Thankfully, this…
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Predetermine/Redetermine
A story about AI teachers, resisting destiny, and being different
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Smoke Encrypted Whispers: Poetry Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Samuel Wagan Watson Publisher: UQP RRP: $19.99 Release Date: Out now “it spilled out onto the bitumen like the bursting stomach of a consumed beast the writer’s black suitcase bleeding onto the pavement…” (The Writer’s Suitcase) Initially published in 2004 and winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary…
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A friend for Mesut Ozil
What boundaries do extreme athletes set between themselves and the natural environment, or are they all limitless?
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You never can tell
Tell no one, one of us is lying.
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The Fog: Book Review.
Review by Stacey O’Carroll
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Lavender
The story is set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009), a brutal conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for an independent Tamil state.
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A Guest in the House of Illusion
A story of thwarted desire, set in an undefined past, at a villa on an island in the Aegean, amid a bohemian coterie dominated by Myrto, a brilliant, provocative, ageing libertine who is about to meet her downfall.
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Cut Corner
I have seen borders.
We are open for submissions.