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By Keren Heenan My sister’s only been back a week. We sit in the kitchen and I listen to her talk about the city; the street, the hospital where she’d worked, now…
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Displaced.
by Kylie Adams We live in an age of unrest. We hate, we fight, we kill, and for what? Don’t we all want the same thing? A chance for freedom, peace, and…
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Michelle Cahill
Michelle Cahill is a Sydney poet. Her recent collection The Herring Lass was published by Arc in the UK. She has lived in England, Australia and Kenya. Letter to Pessoa won the…
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I was on the boat, now I am on the road.
By S. Nagaveeran (Ravi). I was on the boat now I am on the road. There wasn’t safety in my land and nothing free was in my hand I couldn’t walk freely…
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The Passenger
By Reece Pye He got on at Dandenong, of all places. I didn’t pay him much mind at first; I was already too deep in The Cider House Ruleswhen he came and…
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As Good as Gold
by N L King Kim ignores her father’s voice. She scrolls down her Instagram feed and taps a witty reply to her Canadian friend, Stevie. ‘Kim[1].’ Kim sighs and closes her…
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Interview with Anna Forsyth by Senaj Alijevski
It was a pleasure for our journals to get an opportunity to Interview Anne Forsyth. She’s a writer who is based in Newcastle and manages ‘Girls on key’. Girls on Key hosts…
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Book review: Watermark by Joanna Atherfold Finn.
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop “She reads each word carefully and I follow along in my head. ‘“A particularly fine specimen,”’ she says, her finger drawing an imaginary line under the small print.…
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Book Review: ‘Every Note Played’.
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop “He loves women, appreciates them as much as any man, but ultimately they find themselves achingly hungry with him. And he refuses to feed them. His artistry for…
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Book review: Dying & Other Stories By Eugen Bacon
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop ‘Did you want me to teach you about galaxies and how a sprinkle of magic could keep them efficient? Did you want me to clap my hands and say:…
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Book review: Thirteen Wicked Tales
Review by Kathryn Lamont From alien planets to medieval battles, athletes to clones, Eugen Bacon and E. Don Harpe’s collection of literary speculative fiction, Thirteen Wicked Tales, tackles a wide variety of…
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Author interview with Isobelle Carmody.
By Skye Jenner. I first read one of Isobelle Carmody’s books when I was ten-years-old – actually, it was one of the first books that my Mum decided to lend me –…
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Book Review: The Monster Apprentice
Reviewed by Ziqi Yue The Monster Apprenticeis a fantasy novel that explores the themes of courage, friendship and love. Written by Felicity Banks, a Canberra author specializing in fantasy and interactive fiction,…
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Book review: Jules Grant’s We Go Around in the Night and are Consumed by Fire
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop. “Knock people’s places down, just makes them cling on harder. Then you got people clinging on to dreams, and you can’t ever fight that. […] Cut something back…
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Only some things
By Lorne Johnson Artwork by Jackie Benney. Published with permission of the artist.
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Hot Clouds
By Louise Carter (‘Hot Clouds’ was Highly Commended in the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2018.) Artwork by Kathryn Lamont.
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ASYLUM
By Lizz Murphy Items listed taken from article in The Sydney Morning Herald — Weekend January 16-17, 2016 Artwork by Kathryn Lamont.
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Syria’s children
By Lizz Murphy An ekphrastic sequence written in response to photo-stories by award winning photojournalist Magnus Wennman titled Where the Children Sleep published at Mashable Australia. My thanks to Magnus Wennman. URL http://mashable.com/2015/10/02/where-the-children-sleep/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#t7Bbl2hWY5qn …
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Sing your landay
By Moya Pacey In the dark cage of the village a woman’s voice sings of the girl who stole her brothers’ honour. They shaved her black curls, closed her green eyes, scooped…
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The woman carries an aid box on her head
By Moya Pacey Dressed in a shapeless abaya she is neither young nor old. The cardboard box has moulded to the shape of her black-veiled head, she holds it steady right arm…
