Belinda Castles explores dramas of adjustment in two recent Australian novels; Elizabeth Chappell looks at recovering conversations from the archive; Laura Fulton focusses on place and identity through voice; Yue Shi examines Ouyang Yu’s bilingual and self-translated poetry; Imogen Smith looks at media and funding implications for the post-digital literary journal. Rebecca Harkins-Cross examines antecedents and enactments of the critical essay; Rowan Wilson and co-author Christopher Holdsworth analyse two recent novels in ecological consciousness terms; and Pierce Wilcox and co-author Helen Marshall discuss role playing games, metacognition and the creative writer.
This issue also includes new creative writing about creative writing: graphic prose by Ross Watkins; poetry by Rosemary Huisman, Richard Jame Allens, Rupert Loydell, David Thomas Henry Wright, Julia Manning and Glen Phillips; prose by Gayelene Carbis, Jane Downing, Patrick Holland, Seth Robinson, Lisa Easey, Rachel Hennessy, Zoe Karpin, Stefan Jatschka and Nigel Krauth.
In addition, Gemma Parker reviews David McCooey, Hazel Smith reviews Jesssica Luck Lewis, Andrew Leggett reviews Peter Goldsworthy, Nathan Sheperdson reviews Jill Jones, Dominique Hecq reviews Jen Webb, Stephen McInerney reviews Jakob Ziguras and Jill Jones reviews Hazel Smith.
General Editors: Julienne van Loon, Ross Watkins, Shady Cosgrove & Antonia Pont. Creative works editors: Nigel Krauth and Anthony Lawrence. Reviews editors: Aidan Coleman and Verity Oswin.
- Scholarly articlesIn the political context of climate inaction, if the task is to refigure the social imaginary towards interconnection with all lifeforms, is the novel an adequate means of engagement?
- Scholarly articlesDialogue is a prominent feature of creative non-fiction used to reveal character. But how can conversation be recovered if your subject has passed from living memory?
- Scholarly articlesThis article takes a practical and cognitive approach to the writer-character relationship. We consider a writer’s approach to character as a form of problem-solving.
- Scholarly articlesHow can the innovative spirit of a poet catalyse the breaking of traditional artistic conventions and engender a transformative effect within the realm of poetry?
- ReviewsWe review books by David McCooey, Jessica Luck Lewis, Peter Goldsworthy, Jill Jones, Jen Webb, James Shea and Grant Caldwell (eds), Jakob Ziguras, and Hazel Smith.