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  • Tommy Cronan

    Tommy Cronan

    November 28, 2024

    Tommy is a first-year student, studying Creative Writing and Film Production at Swinburne University. After winning a writing contest in school, he uncovered his passion for creating short stories and poetry. Inspired…

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    PODCAST ONE. PODCAST TWO. PODCAST THREE.

  • Issue Thirteen Interviews

    July 14, 2024

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  • Issue Thirteen Fiction

    July 14, 2024

    In the Eye of Jupiter Religion ‘Sense and insensibility’ Black As Rise and Fall – A Cheerleader’s Triumph and Tragedy Free Range Eggs The Flynn Effect The School Boy Alice Fade to…

  • Movie and Television reviews.

    July 14, 2024

    Past lives   For the Girlies Collection

  • Issue Thirteen Poetry

    July 14, 2024

    Orbs & the Mountain Every Single Day Balms Garry Gets a Gun Boathouse Facing North Well Rounded Always, a River Day Ebbs Leigh Sales is “Totally Fine” The Sea Then and Now…

  • Issue Thirteen Book Reviews.

    July 14, 2024

    The Glass House: Novel Review Love From Scratch: Novel Review Thanks For Having Me: Novel Review A Dance With Murder: Novel Review Tidelines: Novel Review Someone Else’s Bucket List: Novel Review Kit…

  • Women embrace empowerment with their strengths.

    Women embrace empowerment with their strengths.

    July 14, 2024

    Lauren Chaters speaks about exploring the prosperity of women in history and the current day through portraits that remain with us.

  • As time passes love is unknowingly translucent.

    As time passes love is unknowingly translucent.

    July 14, 2024

    G.S. Johnston discusses how he crafts insightful love stories set in the past and amongst the harsh political climates of the time.

  • Bringing a touch of serenity to those in need.

    Bringing a touch of serenity to those in need.

    July 14, 2024

    Alison Goodman takes us on a journey with two women who lend a helping hand in creative ways, highlighting the light and darkness in people’s stories.

  • Tidelines: Novel Review

    Tidelines: Novel Review

    July 14, 2024

    Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Sarah Sasson Publisher: Affirm Press RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 30 January 2024 “In the time that followed, bits of ourselves kept breaking off, crumbling like limestone into…

  • Vulnerability is shown in a multitude of ways.

    Vulnerability is shown in a multitude of ways.

    July 14, 2024

    Laurie Steed talks about how he finds the light in dark situations by drawing on internal worlds and the people who surround us.

  • At Old Epidaurus, and others.

    At Old Epidaurus, and others.

    July 14, 2024

    by Jena Woodhouse.   Perhaps you remember that brilliant morning at Old Epidaurus, nine summers ago: the cobalt Aegean, the shock of its waters on flesh warmed by passion, after the show.…

  • Fade to Blacking Out

    Fade to Blacking Out

    July 14, 2024

    By Alex Eagles It’s party central, and you’re standing on the balcony rail at a house you don’t know the owner of. Chants erupt from below as the people — your people…

  • Free Range Eggs

    Free Range Eggs

    July 14, 2024

    By Vanity Conroy   After My son hated dirt. When he was a child, he would complain that the feeling of it on his skin would make his gums ache. He couldn’t…

  • For the Girlies Collection

    For the Girlies Collection

    July 14, 2024

    By Jilliean Sioson Last March, the whole world gathered together women and all that they do, but I’m sure we can appreciate and celebrate all the different women in our lives for…

  • The Deed: Novel Review

    The Deed: Novel Review

    July 14, 2024

    Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Susannah Begbie Publisher: Hachette RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 1 May 2024 “Three steps in she found the crumpled body of her dead father.” What causes more chaos…

  • The House That Joy Built: Non-Fiction Review

    The House That Joy Built: Non-Fiction Review

    July 14, 2024

    Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Holly Ringland Publisher: HarperCollins RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 4 October 2023 “Sitting at my desk and writing, I feel two forces again: joy and fear.” Never has…

  • The Axeman’s Carnival: Novel Review

    The Axeman’s Carnival: Novel Review

    July 14, 2024

    Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Catherine Chidgey Publisher: Allen & Unwin RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 19 March 2024 “And I belonged and did not belong, and I was bird and not-bird.” With…

  • Tandem venit amor, and others.

    Tandem venit amor, and others.

    July 14, 2024

    Translated by Jena Woodhouse.   Tandem venit amor… Sulpicia, 1st century AD   Now love has finally come, it would be the better part of valour to keep it obscure, veiling the…

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