1. Writing
Image of old people's hands, to match the themes of age and care in Kerry Hood's story.

Fiction | shee-shee-shee by Kerry Hood

Fiction

‘I know about things left too long to boil, things too hot to ever touch. I know there’s a kind of human who can take a single moment and make it better just by living it.’

New short fiction by Kerry Hood.

Sylee Gore and a picture of her poetry chapbook, Maximum Summer.

Review | Art as Archive by Meesha Williams

Reviews

‘Where dominant narratives and imagery tend to sanitise motherhood, all white sheets or postpartum glow, Gore’s depiction is tender and painful in a way that feels truthful.’

Meesha Williams reviews Sylee Gore’s Maximum Summer.

An image of a rose bush.

Fiction | Roses, Falling by Rupert Dastur

Fiction

‘I cannot believe what I’m seeing, but there is no doubting it: roses are falling from the sky; the sort to fill vases or lay on gravesides: red and white, peach and pink, full-headed, green tear-drop leaves spaced along thorny stem.’

New fiction by Rupert Dastur.

Marni Appleton with the cover of her new short story collection, I Hope You're Happy.

Fiction | Margot by Marni Appleton

Fiction

‘It wasn’t that I didn’t love Margot. I did, desperately, but watching people make fun of her made me feel better about myself. It was one of the only things that did.’

Short fiction by Marni Appleton. An extract from ‘I Hope You’re Happy’.

Image of light coming in through a window,

Fiction | Signal by A. E. Macleod

Fiction

‘Not until later does he pose to himself the question: why does he imagine it is a woman bound in the basement and not a man?’

New fiction by A. E. Macleod.

Image of Marie Thompson and the cover of Bodies of Sound.

Essay | Low-quality Sonic Snapshots by Marie Thompson

Essays

‘Personal assistants are typically imagined to be female – it is a role that has historically been undertaken by women. Likewise, many of the smartphones’ various ‘assistants’ are gendered as female – they are part of a long historical lineage of robotic femininities.’

An extract by Marie Thompson from Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist Ear.

Headshot of poet Caleb Parkin with the cover of his new book, Mingle.

Interview | Mingling with Caleb Parkin

Interviews

‘Hope can be quite a toxic construct. It’s often invested in preserving the present, but what version of the present are we hoping to continue?’

Tom Nutting speaks to poet and educator, Caleb Parkin.

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