ALEC PATRIC Everyone knows Nathan Curnow, nationally acclaimed poet. Tell me about Nathan Curnow, the playwright. NATHAN CURNOW I’ve been writing plays for as long as I’ve been writing poetry, …
man with gun (Eric Dando)
john is into guns. it is all he talks about. he subscribes to gun magazines. the type that have pictures of guns in them. sometimes the magazines have free …
The Mudda (Alan Gould)
Poets are born, they say, not made. By the time of my own birth I was an over-cooked baby, having dallied in the interior of The Mudda for week after …
THE DEEPEST ENCHANTMENT: an interview with Alan Gould
Alan Gould is one of those rare – and utterly intriguing – literary beasts: an accomplished poet and an accomplished novelist. His latest novel, The Lakewoman, was short-listed for …
A Little Trap Door Opens, Silence (Colin James)
Is that you God loitering in the begonias behind old man Kebler’s barn? the trails there are endless labyrinths of cruelty to their friends if you lay low, the …
Brother (Pseudonymous Jones)
She had lunch with her brother. Halfway through, he said: “Last night I was heating up some hot dogs, and somehow I managed to put the buns in the water …
Agata (Emily Kiddell)
Agata listens to the powerlines. The low, continuous buzz forms a voice around the wet heat. It measures her days. Sometimes, when it softens to a hum, she remembers Ilma …
Barmah – Murray River Camp, 1996 (Neil Boyack)
A boar’s head is mounted on the wall high above the pool table alongside record breaking cod, fresh water crays Barmah Pub ceiling fans chop the hot air and …
Barmah, Murray River Camp, 1996 (Neil Boyack)
A boar’s head is mounted on the wall high above the pool table alongside record breaking cod, fresh water crays Barmah Pub ceiling fans chop the hot air …