Captain Cook has had another dream. They were cruising northwards, with the engines at half-power, searching for the last island chain pulled up from the ocean by the Great Navigator …
The exit (Jasmin Shenstone)
I tell her I like them. Her drawings. I watch her and when she is finished I pick up the paper by the edges and stick blue-tack to the back …
After the Fire (SJ Finn)
The hut sat untouched, a strange, defiant object against the black landscape. The grass under her feet also. Yes, it was a little parched from the summer sun, but not …
TRACKING THE STRAY DOG: an interview with David Francis
ALEC PATRIC Dislocation and transition are major themes of your work, which is entirely understandable if we look at your life. Your bio describes a man from rural Australia going …
The Sundowner (David Francis)
I decided there’d be no party for my 50th — instead I’d reflect, I’d go on a silent retreat to the monastery in the mountains above Santa Barbara where I’d …
THE ART OF RUPTURE: an interview with Emmett Stinson
ALEC PATRIC An American living in Australia (for me at least) always provokes the question, why? If I wonder at this question, perhaps it’s because the United States of America …
Evergrey (Kirk Marshall)
There is a tree; the squirrels know this. You could professionally train a red-kneed bird-eating spider to locate it by scent, but still the bulbous globe of the huntress would …
Enter Sol (Sam van Zweden)
The birds know – There’s no lying to them. With the creaking of the cosmic pulley Which brings us the sun, Accusatory fingers of night-cloaked branches Point to the …
The Haze and Hard Burn of Nathan Curnow
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, …
THE HAZE AND BURN: an interview with Nathan Curnow
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, …