June 8, 2018
Reviewed by Wendy J. Dunn Each lace shawl begins and ends the same way – with a circle. Everything is connected with a thread as fine...
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Interviews • Issue Five • Issue Five Interviews
Interview by Nik Shone What motivated you to start writing and what draws you to historical fiction? I always wanted to be a writer,...
Interviewer: Savannah White Kathryn Gauci was born in England and studied textiles where she specialised in carpet design. After...
Fiction • Issue Five • Issue Five Fiction
By Samuel Bernard © 2017 1700 hours – Eleventh of May, Nineteen hundred and forty three ‘Passes chaps,’ the corporal asked...
By Carol Major I am here in Malaysia with Hugh. I know we will fight. This is because he is the son of the last British Advisor in...
By Carol Major In Sydney’s inner west, nine-year old Crisanto is following Mrs Linden and Earl. He has been watching them for the last...
Issue Five • Issue Five Book Reviews • Reviews
Review by Jayme Constandino At the crux of it, The Tides Between is a story about self discovery. The narrative follows young girl Bridie...
Reviewed by Skye Jenner. This book isn’t the kind that I normally read. That’s not to say that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy it. But it...
The Embroiderer can be bought at all good bookshops and online at amazon and book depository. During the early hours of Wednesday,...
Interview by Madeleine Reid Pickle to Pie is the story of a second-generation Australian of German descent, Frederick...
by DANYELLE GUYATT A stage play based on the fairy-tale Hansel and Gretel (1812) by the Brothers Grimm EXT. ALEPPO. DAY Two siblings,...
By Anita Patel Ah Mui feeds me my breakfast egg—savoury brown laced with “kecap”. She mixes it in a glazed bowl patterned with...
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop “… and I was lifted reluctantly into the boat as it ploughed into the sea. On the beach the men I knew from...
By Senaj Alijevski What sparked your interest in immigration? This is an important theme in your novel. Does the history behind the...
BY SENAJ ALIJEVSKI After countless times of sending my resume to places that were hiring, I finally found one that suited my...
An excerpt from ‘Arcadia Abroad’ By Amanda Pearson November, 1993 The Irish Sea The boat is listing starboard, the sun, barely...
By Jeremy C. North Back in my war-torn homeland, everyone in the neighbourhood was like family. I couldn’t imagine life apart from...
Fiction • Issue Five
By Jane Downing ‘What was your very first memory, tell it to me,’ Frank commanded Billy. Billy lay on his stomach on the cell...
By Ash Leonard The stillness of the night air surrounds me, chilling me. I wrap my arms tightly around myself, but it doesn’t do...
By Antonia Schuster July 2017 In the concrete bunker the acrid smoke of the bus driver’s cigarette curls through the stale air....
An excerpt from the award-winning novel Pickle to Pie. Pickle to Pie can be bought at all good bookshops and online at amazon and book...
Interviewer: Savannah White Cindy Vallar retired from her career as a librarian to persue her passion for writing, now working as a...
Interviewer: Savannah White Hoa Pham is a psychologist and award winning author. She holds a doctorate in creative arts and a master’s...
The Lace Weaver can be bought at all good bookshops and online at amazon and book depository. Birch Pattern Lydia ‘You will be...
Review by Madeleine Reid Aesop the Fox is Suniti Namjoshi’s first novel in six years, and those familiar with her fiction works will be...
Reviewed by Tamara Lowe The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, written by Shokoofeh Azar who now calls Australia home,...
The Tides Between can be bought at all good bookshops and online at amazon and book depository. Emigrating to Australia was the defining...
Past Contributors
Chelsea Dingman is a Visiting Instructor at the University of South Florida. Her first book, Thaw, was chosen by Allison Joseph to win the...
Issue Nine Contributors • Past Contributors
Avi is an Editor of Other Terrain and Backstory journals. He is currently studying at Swinburne University of Technology, undergoing his...
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Anne Casey is the Senior Poetry Editor of Other Terrain and Backstory journals. Originally from the west of Ireland, she is a writer living...
