Writer Interviews IZZY ROBERTS-ORR: ‘The necessity of storytelling has never felt more vital’ June 05, 2017 0 Comment Izzy Roberts-Orr is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and radio producer. She is the Artistic Director and Co-CEO of the Emerging …
Fiction , None of the Above , poetry DISHWASHER by Brandon Diaz May 29, 2017 0 Comment Born to clean!; with water of boiled contempt Akin to the sun on harsh Saharan farms. You scrub with strength …
Writer Interviews ELIZA HENRY-JONES: ‘There is so much value in setting things aside’ May 22, 2017 1 Comment Eliza Henry-Jones is an author based in the Yarra Valley of Victoria. Her debut novel In the Quiet is out …
Writer Interviews DANIELLE BINKS: ‘Publishing is a total gamble’ May 15, 2017 1 Comment Danielle Binks is an editor, book blogger, literary agent and youth literature advocate. She is the editor of Begin, End, Begin: …
Fiction , Relationships THE RACE TO MARBLE MOUNTAIN by Victoria McGlynn May 08, 2017 0 Comment Stepping out of the airport, the humidity drapes around me like wet muslin. Hundreds of motorbikes fly through the streets …
Fiction , Life UP by Kate Campbell April 28, 2017 0 Comment She sighed as her back slid down the wall, and she hit the ground with a thump. She struggled to …
Fiction , Relationships , Tales ANNABEL by Jessica Seaborn April 03, 2017 0 Comment When I was sixteen, a tumour started growing above my left hip. My grandma told me that people got sick …
Fiction , Relationships DAY BY DAY by Jennifer Nguyen April 03, 2017 1 Comment Natalie put her clothes on. She buttoned up her jeans and said, “Anna, I enjoyed my time with you, but …
Life , Non-Fiction FORTY-SIX SUMMER LADIES by Nicole Crichton February 21, 2017 0 Comment December 8: Two red ladybirds, one with an orange tinge. The glare of the sun on the water is painful …
Family , Non-Fiction A BIRD CALLED JACKASS by Manda Diaz February 21, 2017 0 Comment One night when I was fifteen, I was woken in the early hours of the morning by a mysterious croaking. …
Non-Fiction , None of the Above IT USED TO BE MAD LOVE by Jessica Seaborn August 03, 2016 3 Comments In 2010, I popped a tyre in my car whilst parking outside a Taylor Swift concert. I’d only had my …
Adventure , Fiction WHAT SUMMER WAS by Chiara Sullivan January 16, 2017 2 Comments When her lips met theirs it was starbursts and supernovas. When she traced the freckles across their nose she marvelled …
Family , Fiction , Tales UNINVITED PASSENGER by Corissa Rieschieck August 22, 2016 2 Comments Orange lights flash past intermittently, showing glimpses of weatherboard houses and empty parks, before the world beyond the car window …
Life , Non-Fiction , Tales EMERGING: A STORY OF ME AND NEIL AND KEVIN AND CARLOS by Claire Varley November 03, 2016 2 Comments ‘Had you mentioned magic or Faerie to any of them, they would have smiled at you disdainfully, except, perhaps, for …
Adventure , Fiction , Life , poetry , Tales ONE FINAL SONG by Brendan Smith September 26, 2016 2 Comments The man continued to sing. They all knew the song. They had heard it innumerable times before but no one …
Adventure , Non-Fiction , Tales ALLOW TWO YEARS by Jessica Seaborn July 17, 2016 2 Comments Two years ago – almost to the day – I moved from Brisbane to Sydney to begin a career in …
Fiction , Life , Tales WORD BY WORD by Maggie Jankuloska October 25, 2016 1 Comment Seeing the dismal book choices in the prison library, if you would call it a library, I think of the …
Writer Interviews ELIZA HENRY-JONES: ‘There is so much value in setting things aside’ May 22, 2017 1 Comment Eliza Henry-Jones is an author based in the Yarra Valley of Victoria. Her debut novel In the Quiet is out …
Fiction , Life , Tales THE BEGINNING by Chiara Sullivan November 03, 2016 1 Comment She watches him out of the corner of her eye, as she does every Thursday. In the beginning, she came …
Fiction , Relationships ELAINE AND JOHN by Maggie Jankuloska August 01, 2016 1 Comment The table spread was immaculate; an assortment of cheese lay by a medley of spiced olives and peppers. It’s like …
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