Reviewed by Carmel Bendon Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Between 1976 and 1992 the country of Mozambique was torn asunder by civil war as the Frelimo nationalist movement fought for independence …
MEN OF A TIME AND PLACE: an interview with Nigel Featherstone
Nigel Featherstone is a well-known and well-loved writer in the Australian literary community. Author of critically-acclaimed novel, Remnants (Pandanus Books, 2005), three novellas — The Beach Volcano (2014), I’m Ready …
Cartography (Paul Hetherington)
Cartography 1. The width of our expression was never as wide as the ocean. The depth we knew rarely troubled the lantern fish. Yet your hands were waves, absorbed in …
The Laundromat (Diane Josefowicz)
(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) Once upon a time, I made a wish, an uncareful wish, in the Harder Laundromat. I wanted to throw a party for my students. Since September, …
2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners
Queensland Poetry Festival’s Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its fifth year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers, Philip Bacon. All the paintings used in the competition …
Scenes from an Unmade Documentary (Ben Brooker)
1. The fish and the bag (0’ 51”) Underwater shot of a whale shark swimming alongside a plastic bag. Graphic: The Gulf of Tadjoura, near Djibouti. The plastic bag twists and shimmers. …
A Kind of Burden (Saddiq Dzukogi)
Silence like emptiness, is reciprocal when you speak against a wall, knowing …
Origami (Mauricio Palazzo)
Translated by Toshiya Kamei Edited by Kathryn Hummel The work at Gaspanic consisted of waiting tables, preparing drinks, making pizzas and hot dogs, receiving payments, making chitchat at the bar, …
if you came tapping at the window (Ali Whitelock)
Artist’s Statement I was in Scotland a few years ago when my father died unexpectedly. That night a thick fog descended. When I went to bed I was suddenly (weirdly …
The Give (Indigo Perry)
It’s the give of the earth: a shifting of clods under her running feet. Most of the children’s graves in the cemetery are marked with stones with names and dates …