AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
This issue contains more than 50 poems and nearly 20 short stories by local, national, and international writers.
Notes
-
Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
To a Gunman by Sofiul Azam
The Poetry Bowl by Robert Beveridge
Palpable by Claire Feild
Nights I Staggered Drunkenly by Adam Fieled
Airbub Weekend by Wes Lee
The Professionals by Natalya Lowndes
Contents
-
Editorial,
single work
essay
David Gilbey discusses the consequences of the loss of funding and the future of FourW New Writing .
- Luckyi"An orchid root is not grasping a crumb of bark. But it is. With its", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Lord Byron Joins a Dating Sitei"If solitude is ravaged, a fifth wheel", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Lord Byron Downloads a Zombie Moviei"When to their hughies on a fuddled gale,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Messenger, single work short story (p. 7-12)
- White Christmasi"Out on the street they", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Lights of Different Colours, single work short story (p. 14-19)
- One-Eyed Trusti"He is handsome", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Xi"midday pauses, pants.", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Post Truthi"There's a ban in downtown Pyongyang", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Watching (from a Work-in-progress), extract novel (p. 24-29)
- Fridai"Papaya, passionfruit, mango", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Herai"The goddess of gods cannot save you", single work poetry (p. 31)
- A Cafe in Marrakeshi"And then there was you, smiling at the races", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Alex and Max Go for a Walk, single work short story (p. 33-39)
- After Horsesi"His brushes fume in turpentine,", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Next Door to Charles, single work short story (p. 41-47)
- Incrediblei"Want you miracles", single work poetry (p. 48-49)
- 'To Speak of the Woe...'i"The suffering of women is largely ignored", single work poetry (p. 52-53)
- I Am a Godi"stripped of its divinity, subsequently forced", single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Watching to See What’s Next : Michele Seminara Launches ‘fourW’ Issue 28
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October 2017 - March no. 24 2018;'Before we begin the proceedings, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and pay my respects to the Elders, past and present.
'Today I am delighted to be launching this year’s fourW anthology, and thank Editor David Gilbey, as well as those from Booranga Writers Centre and Charles Sturt University, for asking me to launch this important literary journal as it celebrates its 28th year of continuous publication.' (Introduction)
-
Launch Speech for FourW
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 8 2017;
-
Watching to See What’s Next : Michele Seminara Launches ‘fourW’ Issue 28
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October 2017 - March no. 24 2018;'Before we begin the proceedings, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and pay my respects to the Elders, past and present.
'Today I am delighted to be launching this year’s fourW anthology, and thank Editor David Gilbey, as well as those from Booranga Writers Centre and Charles Sturt University, for asking me to launch this important literary journal as it celebrates its 28th year of continuous publication.' (Introduction)
-
Launch Speech for FourW
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 8 2017;