When I was five years old, our ewe gave birth to a lamb. He was white and had eyes as black as olives. Shona and I named him Timba. Two …
Reading between the lines (Molly Guy)
Carmel sitting in the dark in an art house cinema having a sub-titled experience.
HIDDEN BOOKS: an interview with Leslie Cannold
ALEC PATRIC There are books we buy and then hide afterwards. They become our secrets. Sometimes they’re so difficult to keep, we get rid of the evidence. We won’t admit …
she died (Molly Guy)
lying face down (pissed) in a pool of her own vomit more than anything else as a child she’d longed to be able to see into the future
THE ACHE IN CONNECTION: an interview with Angela Meyer
ALEC PATRIC We begin in fantasy. Daydreams are luscious zones of time that we dwell within for weeks, months and years. Somewhere within these spaces the idea emerges, of a …
Peaches (Jennifer Compton)
Now you are making me laugh and remember. We had a peach tree next to our septic tank. Over the years the tree had dug its roots well and …
The Antique (Ben Carmichael)
Dust. It settles on the old things. It drifts through the air in a thin shroud, a grey curtain across the eyes. Slowly, it settles. On the tables, the chairs, …
Onya Mum (Brad Frederiksen)
Hey Mum! Tell me what you think about this one. . “Something is wrong with a tradition when you’ve got a situation where the ones we are hurting are you …
The Cold Drip of Dawn (S. Van Berkel)
For a while, nothing. And then it comes. Fast, like atoms in a particle collider, atoms of green smashing into your atoms and then you are green as well. Your …
A Theory of Australian Literature (Ray Greener)
— If it’s mediocre, it will be called average. (Bryce Courteney, Colleen McCullough) —If it’s average, it will be called good. (Robert Drewe, David Malouf) —If it’s good, it …