I know things about this man. I first met him seventeen years ago when he removed a BCC from the right side of my forehead. That time I had staples …
Winter (K W George)
A man in a black suit on a white windswept beach. Wind snatching an umbrella, turning it into a batwing. Hands so cold and trembling fingers don’t work. Tingly feeling …
George’s town pt. 2
Artist’s Statement ‘George’s town pt. 2’ explores distance, diaspora, and the hidden truths of familial betrayal and the taste of disappointment. Footage from a trip to Hong Kong in 2014 …
WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY TOGETHER CHANGING THE WORLD: an interview with Sam George-Allen
Interviewer: Tamara Lazaroff Sam George-Allen is the former co-founding editor of online literary magazine Scum. Her work has been published in The Lifted Brow, Stilts, and The Suburban Review, among …
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Thank The Editors 2018 Crowdfunding Campaign! Together we have raised over $3000 to help thank the Verity La editors in 2018! This means each editor has received a $150 honorarium …
CONTRIBUTORS
Hasti Abbasi holds a BA and an MA in English Literature. She is a sessional academic and a PhD. scholar of literary studies and creative writing at Griffith University. David …
A DECLARATION OF LOVE FOR HUMANITY: Judith Crispin reviews Les Wicks’ Belief
Review by Judith Crispin Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Les Wicks’ fourteenth collection of poems, Belief, is clever and brutal — an unflinching examination of human belief, in all of its …
Poems for Thinking: Jennifer Maiden’s brookings: the noun (Ben Hession)
Review by Ben Hession Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Jennifer Maiden is an Australian poet who has been active for over fifty years, with a number of awards to her name. …
Three Poems by Frank Webb (Oliver Miller)
I grew up on Sydney’s leafy lower North Shore. Taking out a dinghy from old Joel’s Boatshed at the end of our street, making the long row over to Wreck …
AHEAD OF HER TIME: Verity Fitzhardinge Remembered
Review by Amanda Hickey Edited By Robyn Cadwallader Verity Fitzhardinge (née Hewitt) was a woman of all seasons: as a writer she crafted poems, articles, letters, book reviews, books and …