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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... no. 150 2017 of Island est. 1990- Island
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Married Man, Rodney Hall , extract novel (p. 17-19)
Eggsi"He took two eggs from her hands and broke them carefully", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 20)
Crows, Callingi"Sometimes, I hear the sound of their flying,", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 21)
Flying Foxes, Wingham Brushi"Some of the bats are elbowing their way", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 22)
Fogbow, Scotlandi"Nothing looks more full of sorrow", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Gearingi"When the riding boy fell hard,", A. Frances Johnson , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Learning to See, Tegan Bennett Daylight , single work prose

'Tegan Bennett Daylight on the sensual detail of life.

 (p. 26-31)
Poems from Another Planet, Kit Scriven , single work short story (p. 32-35)
Poets and Painters - Celebrating the Big Punchbowl, Delia Nicholls , single work essay

'Delia Nicholls introduces a unique collaboration in which nine pairs of poets and painters respond to the landscape and each other, connecting art and conservation.'

 (p. 36-41)
Overflowi"At the edge is damp earth,", Adrienne Eberhard , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Sedgeland Nationi"if we are straws slurping", Ben Walter , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Toward Lighti"I whisper something to you", Sarah Day , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
Wonderi"The failed money-fix of the 1980s:", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 48)
Stone of Returni"A drop of spittle", Louise Oxley , single work poetry (p. 49)
Corrango, Jennifer Mills , single work short story (p. 50-56)
The Past Is Never Dead; It Isn't Even Past, Cassandra Pybus , extract prose

Editor's note: In this extract from her manuscript Lessons in Landscape, former Island editor Cassandra Pybus walks in the steps of the forebears of her fifth-generation Tasmanian family through the land of Truganini.'

 (p. 72-81)
Hey Truganini, Favel Parrett , single work prose

A letter to Truganini from Favel Parrett. This letter was part of the Women of Letters session at the 2015 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival.

 (p. 82-84)
Bronze with Two Earsi"In the black-water light of the ceramics exhibit-", Mindy Gill , single work poetry (p. 85)
Shimla Is a City Full of Ghostsi"The horizon : slice of white fish belly.", Mindy Gill , single work poetry (p. 86)
This Is What You Have Done for Mei"This is what I would do, as the sun sheathes itself in a bank of clouds", Stuart Cooke , single work poetry (p. 87)
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