A Journal of Australian & International Cultural Reviews, News and Criticism.
Scott-Patrick Mitchell was Highly Commended in the 2024 Blake Poetry Prize and was a 2022 Red Room Poetry Felowship. Their debut poetry collection Clean (Upswell Publishing, 2022) was shortlisted for The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, The WA Premier’s Book Awards and The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. SPM is a queer non-binary immigrant who lives and writes on Whadjuk Noongar Country.
Originally from the west of Ireland and living in Australia for three decades, Anne Casey is the author of five poetry collections. Her work is widely published and awarded internationally, ranking in The Irish Times’ Most Read. Anne is a doctoral researcher in archival poetry and poetics of resistance at the University of Technology Sydney where she teaches creative writing
Andrew Leggett is an Australian writer and editor of poetry, fiction, interdisciplinary academic paper and songs. His latest collection of poetry Losing Touch was published by Ginninderra Press in 2022. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry.
Barbara Temperton is a writer of poetry and prose. She lives in Kinjarling Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. Barbara is the author of four books of poetry, the most recent being Ghost Nets (WA Poets Publishing: Perth, Western Australia, 2022.
Esther Ottaway is a Tasmanian/lutruwita poet, editor and mentor who has won or been shortlisted for global prizes including the Tom Collins, Woorilla, MPU International, Mslexia, Bridport, Montreal, and Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry. Her acclaimed new collection, She Doesn’t Seem Autistic, poetically lifts the lid on bright girls with hidden autism, who are going undiagnosed and unsupported in a medical system designed for boys. In 2024, Esther will release a landmark anthology of disability writing, co-edited with Andy Jackson and Kerri Shying, titled Raging Grace: Australian writers speak out on disability (Puncher & Wattmann).
Michael Leibowitz was born and educated in South Africa where he worked as a medical practitioner. He and his family emigrated first to New Zealand and then to Australia. Leibowitz started writing poetry during the Covid pandemic. He has published two books of poetry – Looking In and Wardrobe of Secrets. His work has also been published in various anthologies.
Hemat Malak is a poet from Sydney, Australia. She writes on diverse themes including motherhood, separation, nature and identity. Her works have been published or are forthcoming in Catchment Literary Journal, Quadrant Magazine, WestWords Living Stories, Writerly Magazine and elsewhere.
Ali Alizadeh is a writer who lives in Melbourne. He teaches at Monash University.
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Emma Lee’s publications include The Significance of a Dress (Arachne, 2020) and Ghosts in the Desert (IDP, 2015). She co-edited Over Land, Over Sea, (Five Leaves, 2015).
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