Category: Issue fourteen contributor
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Jack Wu
My name is Jack Wu and I’m currently in Swinburne taking a Bachelor’s course in Games and Interactivity. Bornhere in Melbourne, growing up I deeply loved TV, Film, cartoons, video games, comics and other pop culture forms. I was in awe and dazzled by the stories told in these mediums and inspired to try spin my…
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Alexander Pigounis
I’m Alexander Pigounis, a current Swinburne student working towards completing my Bachelor of Arts. For as long as I can recall, stories have always been important to me. Their potential to rouse our emotions or grant us inspiration is a beautiful thing. I typically enjoy tales of all different kinds, but I seem to gravitate…
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Marion Taffe
Marion Taffe grew up surrounded by history. As a teenager, she spent weekends in Edwardian costume, showing tourists around the living museum that was her family home. After a 20-year journalism career, she started writing her own stories. Her debut novel, By Her Hand, is coming out in March with HarperCollins Fourth Estate. Set in…
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Gabriele Beaini
As an undergraduate student in Health Science, Gabriele has always enjoyed literature and the exploration of its many forms and genres. Gabriele takes pleasure in reading the works of Kenneth Slessor’s poetry and Charlie Higson’s dystopian writing, to which serve as inspiration for Gabriele’s own pieces.
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Emma Wilkins
Emma Wilkins is a Tasmanian journalist and freelance writer who’s been published by magazines, journals and news outlets in Australia and beyond. You can find her at: https://emmahwilkins.com/
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Tommy Cronan
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 by well-known poets, such as Mary Oliver, Tommy incorporates his experiences with trauma and the symbolism of nature, reflecting on the state of…
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Aviva Channells
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Sarah Sasson
I am a physician-writer living on Gadigal land in Sydney. My debut coming-of-age novel Tidelines was published in 2024 (Affirm Press) and explores issues around addiction and psychosis. I previously edited Signs of Life-an anthology (MoshPit Publishing 2021) an international anthology themed on first and second hand experiences of illness and care giving that was profiled…
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Ryan Bellingham
Ryan Bellingham is a final year Media and Communications student majoring in Journalism at Swinburne University. His interests include (but are not limited to): YouTube rabbit holes, the paranormal, local and international culture, hiking, investigative reporting, literature, and people. One day he will make a Substack where, should you wish, you can access more of…
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Isobel Hinds-Brooks
Isobel (Izzy) Hinds-Brooks is a 22-year-old student, who is currently studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University of Technology. She was born in Bedfordshire, England, and started to write novels and novellas from age ten, after she and her parents moved to Australia. Isobel’s favourite genres are fantasy and crime, but she has recently…
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Ox Hardwick.
Oz Hardwick is a European poet and academic, whose work has been widely published in international journals and anthologies. He has published “a dozen or so” full collections and chapbooks, including Learning to Have Lost (IPSI, 2018) which won the 2019 Rubery International Book Award for poetry, and most recently Retrofuturism for the Dispossessed (Hedgehog,…
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Mark O’Flynn
Mark O’Flynn’s novel The Last Days of Ava Langdon (UQP) was short listed for the Miles Franklin Award, 2017. A collection of short stories Dental Tourism appeared in 2020. His recent collections of poems are Undercoat, (Liquid Amber Press, 2022), and Einstein’s Brain (Puncher & Wattmann, 2022).
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Jena Woodhouse
Born and based in Queensland, Jena Woodhouse has also experienced transcultural status, being a non-native speaker of several European languages, and having spent time in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, the Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and more than a decade living and working in Greece. She is the author of twelve published books…
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Vanessa Perera
Vanessa Perera is a Melbourne-based writer, originally from Sri Lanka. She is in her final year of studying creative writing at Swinburne University. Her literary interests gravitate towards life writing, particularly narratives exploring themes of migration, culture, and relationships. Vanessa finds joy in crafting stories around flawed characters, infusing depth and complexity into their journeys. Her…
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Louise Sapphira
Louise is a Swinburne student currently studying for a Master of Writing. She has also completed a Bachelor of Arts and an Honours Degree in Marketing. Her passions include dance and theatre. Creativity has always been an interest of Louise’s. In her spare time, Louise reads, walks, and does yoga and dance classes. She also…
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Kate Maxwell
Kate Maxwell’s probably been a teacher for too long. As a result, her interests include film, wine, and sleeping. She’s published widely in Australian and international journals such as Cordite, Rochford Street Review, StylusLit, Meniscus, Skylight 47, and The Galway Review. Kate’s published two anthologies: Never Good at Maths (Interactive Publications, 2021) and Down the…
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Denise O’Hagan
Denise O’Hagan is a Sydney-based editor and poet, born in Italy. With a background in academic book publishing, she set up her own imprint, Black Quill Press and assists independent writers. Poetry editor for The Blue Nib until 2020, her work is internationally published and awarded, and includes the NSW Poetry Prize and the Dalkey…
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Antonia Cassetta
Antonia Cassetta is a Swinburne student currently studying a bachelor of Media and Communication, majoring in Media Industries. They are passionate about various forms of narrative media, from books to television to fiction podcasts, and aim to develop a career writing in media production.
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Stacey O’Carroll
Stacey is a Master of Writing student at Swinburne University. She holds a BA (Internet Communications) and an Advanced Diploma in Film & Television Production. She lives surrounded by shelves of books and movies on the NSW coast and will often include the sea in her writing. Since childhood, she has loved captivating an audience…
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Les Wicks
Les Wicks has been published across 38 countries in 17 languages. His 15th book of poetry is Time Taken – New & Selected (Puncher & Wattmann, 2022). He can be found at leswicks.tripod.com/lw.htm