Issue 1. November/ December 2011
- Comments on Mike Ladd’s review of Australian Poetry Since 1788, edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, UNSW Press, in The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Spectrum’ November 12-13 2011. by Mark Roberts
- Kris Hemensley on Pete Spence’s new collection ‘Perrier Fever’. Grand Parade Poets 2011. by Kris Hemensley
- MICHAEL WILDING – THE WOOLLEY YEARS by Mark Roberts
- KINSELLA JOINS T. S. ELIOT PRIZE BOYCOTT by Mark Roberts
- Blending into the Buddha Tree – Chris Mooney-Singh’s THE BEARDED CHAMELEON by Mark Roberts
- The Beautiful Dead – THIRTEEN POEMS FROM THE DEAD by Rae Desmond Jones by Mark Roberts
Issue 2 January/February 2012
- All Dressed Up – Stephen Lawrence reviews Mascara Issue 10 and Jacket 2, ‘51 Contemporary poets from Australia.
- The Long Haul – Pat Woolley Responds to Michael Wilding’s ‘A Publishing Memoir’.
- Short Bursts – Lucas Smith reviews life kills by miles vertigan, Sleepers Publishing 2011
- Carol Novack – A life remembered. Tributes from John Jenkins and Rae Desmond Jones
- A new front opens in the ‘Poetry Wars’ – John Tranter, David McCooey and Peter Minter on ‘that anthology’ (Australian Poetry Since 1788)
- An Uneven Debut – Lucas Smith reviews The Rattler and other stories by A.S. Patrić. Spineless Wonders 2011.
- Scattered Jewels: Mark Roberts Reviews Allotments by Laurie Duggan
- I say AU, you say UA…..Mark Roberts reviews ‘AU/UA: Contemporary Poetry of Ukraine and Australia / Сучасна поезія України та Австралії’
- Three Novellas – Lucas Smith reviews The Dark Wet by Jess Huon.
Issue 3 March/April (and a bit of May) 2012.
- Structure, Technique and Passion – Mark Roberts reviews The Abbotsford Mysteries by Patricia Sykes. Spinifex Press. 2011
- Signifying the Feminine: Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper reviews This Woman by Adrienne Eberhard Black Pepper, 2011
- Poetry Conferences each side of the Tasman: Short Takes on Long Poems and The Political Imagination.
- Poetry of the Great Australian Nightmare: Rae Desmond Jones reviews The Welfare Of My Enemy by Anthony Lawrence. Puncher & Wattmann Poetry, 2011.
- Writing Elevated to the Label of Literature: Lyndon Walker reviews Late Night Shopping by Rhyll McMaster. Brandl & Schlesinger. Poetry 2012.
- New Queensland Government Axes Writing Awards by Mark Roberts.
- The more things change…..small presses and magazines then and now by Mark Roberts.
- Prose Poem or travel writing? Mark Roberts reviews Vanuatu Moon (Parts 1 & 2) by Paul Cliff. PressPress 2011.
- “Lots of energy here, not much control”: Your Friendly Fascist – 1970 – 1984. Rae Desmond Jones remembers…..
- Adam Aitken on The Political Imagination: Contemporary Postcolonial and Diasporic Poetries Conference.
- Vale Bruce Bennett.
- Michael Dransfield Special
- Michael Dransfield: Table of Contents
- Why Dransfield…Why now?
- “Who was Michael Dransfield?” Robert Adamson revisits ‘Michael Dransfield’s Lives: A Sixties Biography’ by Patricia Dobrez.
- Revisiting Dobrez on Dransfield: Adam Aitken on Michael Dransfield’s Lives by Patricia Dobrez.
- Michael Dransfield – 39 Years Dead by Mark Roberts.
- A non-exhaustive list of resources (articles and reviews) on and about Dransfield.
- Vale Stephen Lawrence
- A writer of rare talent: Kate Pardey reviews ‘Foal’s Bread’ by Gillian Mears. Allen and Unwin, 2011.
- Little Gems of Poems: Mark Roberts reviews Knuckled by Fiona Wright. Giramondo Poets 2011.
- Beautiful strands of emotion: Dianne Dean reviews The Child of Hope by Gary Stowe. Dragonfall Press. 2011.
Issue 4: May – July 2012 Contents
- Vale Cornelis Vleeskens – Mark Roberts And Kris Hemensley.
- Playful and Pensive Poems: Andrew Burke Reviews ‘a pocket Kit’ by Christopher Kelen and ‘Seem’ by Alan Jefferies.
- To whinge or not to whinge: Marginalising feminist writing in Australia.
- A Tribute – Stephen Lawrence reviews ‘the new black’ by Evie Shockley.
- Concentrated ‘Ratbaggery’: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Barking Wings’ by Les Wicks.
- Torn papyrus and weathered stone: Mark Roberts reviews ‘N thing is Set in St ne’ by Cecilia White.
- Flying by the seat your pants: Anna Couani reviews ‘Cairo Paris Melbourne’ by Maher Abou Elsaoud.
- The quest for infinity: Francesca Sasnaitis reviews ‘Conjuror’ by Allan Browne.
- Rochford Street Review – More than just words…..
- Hope and Resilience: Linda Adair reviews ‘Bathing Franky’.
- The lives of three saints: Lucas Smith reviews Unaccountable Hours by Stephen Scourfield.
- Diversity and Cohesion: Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper reviews Thirty Poets edited by Felicity Plunkett.
- Expectations – Great and Small: Linda Adair reviews ‘The Recluse’ by Evelyn Juers.
- A Sparkling Constellation: Kate Pardey reviews The Hum of Concrete by Anna Solding.
- “Getting Excited by the Writing & Wanting More of It”: Ralph Wessman recalls 25 years as editor and publisher of ‘famous reporter’.
- Six at Once: Pam Brown launches the latest Vagabond Press Rare Object Series.
Rochford Street Review
Issue 5 August – October Contents
- Following the Rhythm of the Journey: Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Asymmetry by Aidan Coleman
- Gig Ryan reviews Pirate Rain by Jennifer Maiden & Beneath Our Armour by Peter Bakowski
- Practicing for the Novel: Lyndon Walker reflects on Tarcutta Wake by Josephine Rowe
- Review and Launch – a Michael Sharkey Double.
- Pointing a Tongued Sword: Heather Taylor Johnson reviews ‘Another Fine Morning in Paradise’ by Michael Sharkey.
- Mischief and Joy: Anne Pender Launches Michael Sharkey’s Another Fine Morning in Paradise.
- A Fraught-Filled Game: Dianne Dean reviews Dragon and the Crow by T. B. McKenzie.
- Treading the lesser-known path: Gig Ryan Reviews One Under Bacchus by Duncan Hose
- Gossamer and Robust: Paul Summers reviews Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks by Jean Kent
- A Determination to Endure: Julia Wakefield reviews The Butcher’s Window by Carmel Williams
- Punchy Twisting Lingo: Gig Ryan reviews ‘Career’ by Liam Ferney
- Winners of the inaugural Queensland Literary Awards announced.
- Alan Loney launches open sesame by Michael Farrell
- Something Disconcerting and Delicious: Mark Roberts reviews Schadenvale Road by Chris Mansell.
- Unbroken: John Jenkins launches Chain of Hearts by Karen Throssell
- Tongues of Flame: Mark Roberts previews the 2012 Queensland Poetry Festival
- The Ruthless Eye: Rae Desmond Jones reviews Undercover of Lightness by Andrew Burke.
- An eclectic tour de force: Mark Roberts reviews Famous Reporter 43
(Carol Archer-Anna Couani, Macao-Elsewhere, mixed media on paper. 2011. http://www.carolarcher.com/portfolio/macao-elsewhere-project/ From a photo by Anna Couani of Shirt Installation by sculptor Hilik Mirankar – installation in Queen Street Gallery.)
ISSUE 6 November 2012 – February 2013 – Contents
- A Voice Caged in Paper: Les Wicks reviews Private Conversations Vol 2 by Cameron Hindrum
- Music and Words: Mark Roberts previews Seven Stations – in any order – a love poem for Sydney. A song cycle by poet Chris Mansell and composer Andrew Batt-Rawden
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Sweet flesh of memory: Mark Roberts reviews Burning Rice by Eileen Chong
- Artist and Protector of Girls: joanne burns launches Darger: his girls by Julie Chevalier
- The Kraken Wakes – Rochford Street Review is back
- Poems for the People: Robbie Coburn reviews Stepping Over Seasons by Ashley Capes
- These Heathen Dreams – help complete this important film on Christopher Barnett.
- Searching for the Past: Robbie Coburn reviews On the Circumvesuviana by Lucy Dougan
- Abortion, desertion, corruption, self-interest, revenge and the need for justice: Petrina Meldrum reviews The Tower Mill by James Moloney
- An expression of awe & wonder: Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper reviews Interferon Psalms by Luke Davies.
- Crime and Ghosts: Dianne Dean reviews What the Dead Said by D.J. Daniels
- Kris Hemensley recalls Charles Buckmaster on the 40th anniversary of his death
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Happy Birthday Rochford Street Review!
- Risk Taking and Fast-paced Comedy: Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Pangamonium by Zanesh Catkin
- Vive la madness! Chris Mansell Launches P76 Issue 6
- Savouring the Undertow: Mark Roberts reviews Body Language by Elizabeth Allen
- Shards of Amber Dreams: Francesca Sasnaitis reviews Resinations by Javant Biarujia
- A sense of the magical: Heather Taylor Johnson reviews Something Wrong by Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen
- A message from the “AND”: John Edwards speaks at the launch of The Selected Your Friendly Fascist
- The miniature level of perception: Jal Nicholl reviews Anyworld by Pam Brown
Two Visual Poems by Cornelis Vleeskens from his book ” A h ! “ Redfox Press 2011 (http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada-vleeskens.html). Thanks to Katherine Blackwell for the use of these images.
