A LITERARY JOURNAL FOR DIVERSE VOICES.
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Blue
Blue sorrowing over losing you.
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Liars: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: James O’Loghlin Publisher: Echo Publishing RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 30 July 2024 “Hi, I’m Joe Griffith, and welcome to Catching The Strangler. Seven years ago my friend Sal McIndoe was murdered, the third and final victim of a killer dubbed the Blue Mountains Strangler…This podcast will re-examine the case,…
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Writers on Writers Series – Tim Winton, Beverley Farmer, Peter Carey and Kim Scott: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Various Publisher: Black. Inc RRP: $22.99 Release Date: Out Now Writers on Writers is an intriguing series of tiny but mighty essay books written by prominent Australian authors on an Australian author who has inspired the writing. Published by Black. Inc in association with Melbourne University and the State…
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Belburd: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Nardi Simpson Publisher: Hachette RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 25 September 2024 “The entire space was filled with the orange and cinnamon scent of warming mulled wine.” Is there anything more magical than when words dance and sing on the page? When they not only tell a story, they…
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Dinner For Vampires – Life on a cult TV show: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Bethany Joy Lenz Publisher: Simon & Schuster RRP: $34.99 Release Date: 30 October 2024 “He had only injured his hand punching holes in several of our walls and doors. A sweatshirt was really nothing.” If you are of a certain age, you will perhaps be familiar with the…
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A Performance for Those from Mars.
gleaming on stage, twirling in a glittering tutu.
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Waking into the moment.
Just another minute.
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Bedtime Stories
I don’t like falling asleep in bed,
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What trees believe.
by Richard James Allen. Do we have intelligent life on earth? Ask the trees. They seem more reliable than human beings. We…
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Discomfort (A Pause)
Something has been said.
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A Ready Remedy for Altitude Sickness.
By Oz Hardwick.
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The Letter of the Law.
by Oz Hardwick. * No act is punishable that is not the result of a guilty mind.
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Murder.
by Oz Hardwick.
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Be Your Own Judge and Jury.
by Oz Hardwick.
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More Collocations
The collocation of a head within its hat
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Once in Onslow
Red ochre roads
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Duel
by Mark O’Flynn. Trees duel overhead clashing branches like jousting poles. At such times birds are invisible taking shelter in their secret places. It knocks the stuffing out of you, this wind. Exhausted. Exhausting. The epileptic stars aglimmer. Air snatched out of your mouth, leaves hanging on by their grim petioles. The gale patting…
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A remote island’s influence on human behaviour: interview with Brooke Hardwick.
Brooke Hardwick explores there is more than meets the eye by revealing the secret stories of her intriguing characters.
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The Boat.
By Mark O’Flynn. ‘This will make him sleep more easily,’ said the doctor, gazing into the snoring storm of my father’s open mouth. My mother hated him – the doctor – his stethoscope a thin snake about his neck. Her head and his – my father – together as in some…
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The Bends
by Stacey O’Carroll. The sweet, mulchy, eucalyptus-tinged earth hits my nose as we bend and flex, around the curves. Waves running and fluttering through my fingers as we weave past the verge. Bitter salt tinges my tongue as heavy see-through drops land on my burnished skin. Grumbling, crashing rolling overhead and down below. …
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