A scale catches the light. A gold coin and a gold fish flash in the moat of a university house. I am torn by this writing whiteness, the attempt to …
LITTLE ROOM FOR SENTIMENT OR REMORSE: an interview with Jane Abbott
Who are the exciting new voices of Australian literature? There’s no better place to start than Jane Abbott. A single mother of two sons, Abbott was born in the UK, …
THE RISE OF JIHADISTS & THE BLOGGERS OF BANGLADESH (Kallol Majumdar)
(Edited by Ramon Loyola and Michele Seminara) Certain concepts of religion are for human welfare, but religious extremism is always devastating for humanity. Therefore, in the interests of humanity, we …
2016 QPF PHILIP BACON EKPHRASIS AWARD WINNERS
The Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its second year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers. All the paintings used in the competition are personally selected by …
Werzy (Sean Crawley)
(edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) Most people think that Werzy is my twin sister. I did too, until Mum told us both the truth when we needed our birth certificates for a History …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 4: Ben Frater
BEN FRATER: This month we’re celebrating the work of Ben Frater with our Clozapine Clinic Co-editors Tim Heffernan and Alise Blayney. To kick off, Tim shares his plans for the upcoming …
AN ABSENCE OF STARS: an interview with Bruce Pascoe (Jade Richardson)
Australian author Bruce Pascoe writes in the dark arts of true story. His latest work, Dark Emu, shatters myth, open wounds and shines a radiant light across the dark matter …
cobalt (Jordie Albiston)
Co–nclusion: following find in 1982 by local sponge diver Mehmed Çakir & 11 campaigns {over 22 000 descends} the Uluburun drowned in the Mediterranean Sea at the end of the …
BEN FRATER AND THE MAD POETS OF THE GONG
By Tim Heffernan It is significant that the poetry of Benjamin Frater is reprised for the 2016 Wollongong Writers Festival and that he will be an integral part of the …
Breakfast at Bethany’s (Craig Billingham)
Turpentine is a type of tree. How could Martin not have known? He’d lived in Bamberg for eleven years – he should have known. ‘It’s true,’ Anne said, expansively, her …