Gary Shinfield After the fires 3. Unique state relief print (woodcut and etched lino) on tapa cloth 75 x 118cm, 2020. Photography Jennifer Leahy.
We have archived Issue 42 of Rochford Street Review, and it is now available, along the all other issues stretching back to 2011, at https:// rochfordstreetreview. com/previous-issues/
Featured Artist: Gary Shinfield
Reviews
- A common humanity: Michael Witts reviews Steep Curve by Robyn Rowland
- A patient reverence for the continuity of time: Lyn Chatham reviews The Seal Woman by Beverley Farmer
- Breaking rules: Beatriz Copello reviews Breaking Plates directed by Karen Pearlman
- Capturing the human condition: Colleen Keating reviews Natural Light by David Atkinson
- Vivid word pictures: Rosemary Nissen-Wade reviews My Animal Life by Elspeth Findlay
- A wild ride: Mike Ladd reviews Tadpoems 400 Shorts by Tug Dumbly
- In the paddock of your own dreams: Ali Whitelock reviews Snail Mail Cursive by James Walton
Launches
- Documenting poetic reactions: D. G. Lloyd launches Filmworks by Brian Purcell
- Mining for the ineffable in the most ordinary of spaces: Lucy Dougan launches G-d, Sleep and Chaos by Alan Fyfe
- Fierce and poignant: John Bennett launches Stranded by Bronwyn Rodden
The Geelong launch of Steep Curve by Robyn Rowlands
- The recreation of memory: Mark Roberts launches Some Dualities and 28 Sonnets by Michael Witts
- Vivid world building: Richard James Allen launches The Book of Jeremiah by Beatriz Copello
- Lithe eloquence & lyric originality: Anne Carson launches The Flowering Dark by Sue Lockwood
- Peering through portholes: Rose van Son launches A Gentle Outward Breath by Fran Graham
- A slow reassembling of pieces: Adrienne Eberhard launches Afterlife by Kathryn Lomer
- Highly polished, subtle and filmic : Anne Casey launches Separation Blues: Poems 1994-2024 by Nathanael O’Reilly
- Love of the small, beautiful details: Jane Frank launches Small Epiphanies by David Terelinck
- A rich, hybrid environment. Judith Beveridge talks to Jean Kent and Martin Kent about Paris Light
- The necessity for resisting complacency: Gina Mercer launches Calibrating Home by Helen Swain
Poetry/Prose
- Luke Morgan: 5 Poems
- John Jenkins: Windy, Moonlit Night
- Timothy Loveday: Holiday
- Beatriz Copello: 3 Poems from The Book of Jeremiah
- Bronwyn Rodden: 5 Poems
- Rose van Son: 4 Poems
- Ma Yongbo: 6 Poems
- Ciarán O’Rourke: 5 Poems
- Helen Swain: 5 Poems from Calibrating Home
- Jennifer Harrison: 6 Poems
Visual Arts
Obituary
Interviews
- A bucket list of things: Richard James Allen interviews David Adès
- A rich, hybrid environment. Judith Beveridge talks to Jean Kent and Martin Kent about Paris Light
Essays
Francis Webb Centenary – 8 February 2025
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