On Tuesday afternoon, two weeks into the summer holidays, I watched the old women swim laps of the 50-metre pool. Up and down the lanes they went, swimming freestyle and …
The Journey Back (Gayle Kennedy)
One of my earliest memories (and one verified by mother and various relatives) is of me standing on a table surrounded by smiling people as I sang the old country …
Oh Lucky Me (Jill Jones)
Inside me is stuff I’m not sure anyone can explain. Each day another statistic dances as a testament to clickbait and big Pharma. So what are all my chemicals doing …
AN INFINITE LINE (Emma Fielden)
ARTIST STATEMENT Gravity and Lightness II 2018, drawing, archival ink on Arches paper, 76 x 56cm. Photos by Document Photography. An Infinite Line (1km) 2017, 1 kilometre of hand cut linen thread. …
In the Palm of Her Hand (Katie Monteleone)
Megan is small. Megan is born six weeks early and Megan is small enough to rest in the palm of her mother’s hand. Megan is small enough to ride on …
Sarah T (Liam Ferney)
I bring you back Cathay. That’s what Cathy says off the plane from Denpasar. A bottle of Piper on my bed waiting for you while you outwait an Operations Manager’s …
Papi Pichón (Dimitri Reyes)
papi pichón flies out of my library book and no one hears him because he chirps at spanish-to-english dictionary speed. all dismiss papi’s beautiful wings a sabre, a grindstone attached …
Measure (Eileen Chong)
Everything we write will be used against us or against those we love. ‘North American Time’, Adrienne Rich The innocence of cornflowers — a dimpled, wheel-thrown cup. Glazed on the inside. …
The Cry Room (Gaele Sobott)
Birth I just slipped out she said. Like a slip of the tongue, slipshod, a slip stitch forever unknitted. I was born. Slippery, sibilant, small in the scheme of everyday …
Calling Out Misogyny in the Auslit Scene (Kathryn Hummel)
I have the fortune and/or misfortune to be a cisgender woman, citizen of Australia and a writer. Variously combined, these elements have yielded some noteworthy experiences; made me a party …