Vale David Malouf (1934 – 2026).   David Malouf was born in Brisbane in 1934. Since ‘Interiors’ in Four Poets 1962, he has published poetry, novels and short stories, essays, opera libretto and a play, and he is widely translated. His novels include Ransom, The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ prize and the […]

Zarah Yakubu (They/She) is a Trawlwoolway/Palawa and Mwaghavul (Nigerian) writer from Trouwunna/Lutruwita/Tasmania currently living and working on Wurundjeri country in Narrm. They wrote this poem based on a series of microaggressions they experienced during their first time living in metropolitan area. They are currently undertaking a BA in Creative Writing at RMIT.     Cracks […]

Vek Lewis is a writer of Anglo-Indian heritage who grew up in Goolamrup, Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, in Armadale-Kelmscott, an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia. She currently lives on Gadigal Country in Sydney. Lewis has published poems and short stories in Cordite Poetry Review, Meniscus Literary Review, and has work forthcoming in Westerly.   Real […]

Maya Crombie is a zinester and fiction writer studying Creative Writing and German at The University of Melbourne, and currently a fiction editor for Voiceworks.           CLIFFS I’m staring into the sanitiser at work. Water’s dripping from the top and I’m imagining it as a water feature in a garden or […]

Grace Hu is Chinese diasporic and based in Sydney. Her poetry has been published in Shot Glass Journal, Cordite Poetry Journal and Rabbit Annual. She short-listed the 2024 Woollahra Digital Literary Award. She co-wrote Chain Play and Serpent Secrets for Slanted Theatre.       Chinoiserie “It’s Nietzschean slave morality, satisfaction is enough. It meets […]

Jason Gray is the multi-racial Mauritian Australian author of prize-winning book, HAUNT (THE KOOLIE) (Subbed In, 2019), and the winner (2012) and judge (2018-2019) of Zine West Word. He has been published widely, including The Suburban Review, Australian Poetry Journal, Written Off Club, Overland, Liminal Mag’s Collisions, Griffith Review, Zine West and Seizure. He was […]

Nourhan Abdallah is a novelist, short fiction writer and poet from Egypt who now lives in Australia. She works as a multidisciplinary creative professional and graphic designer. She holds a degree in Theatre Criticism and Drama. Nourhan is an Arabic language teacher for children, focusing on developing reading, writing, and expressive skills through engaging and […]

Zoleikha Baloch is a Baloch writer based in Iran. She writes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction centered on women’s lives, memory, and resilience in Balochistan. Her work has appeared in seven international literary journals, including Solarpunk Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Chestnut Review, and belladonna’s garden. Through her writing, she seeks to bring Baloch voices and […]