We publish quality short stories, poetry, extracts from forthcoming novels, and articles and essays on topics of social, environmental and cultural significance.ISSUE NO. 118
Spring 2009
EDITORIAL
Gina MercerESSAYS
Words That Paint Pictures – Peter Grant
Broken Mouth: Offerings for the Don River, Toronto –
Maureen Scott Harris
The City Lorikeets – Noelle Janaczewska
Holding Pattern – Louise Crisp
Aurora – Anne Morgan
Turtle Tears – Elizabeth Hutchins
Kwatye (Water) – Michael Giacometti
REVIEWS
Poetry Survey – Jennifer Harrison
Short Fiction Survey – Benny Walter
Nonfiction – Celia Lendis
Nonfiction – Christopher Kelen
Nonfiction – Robert Scotney
Nonfiction – Gail Cork
POETRY
Rail-Lines – Doog Wood
De-fencing the Block – John Kinsella
I Write Beside the Old Shed – Joel Ratcliffe
Archaeology – Yve Louis
Archetype – Gillian Telford
Saturation – Anne Elvey
Ashes – Sam Byfield
The Blessing – Geoff Lemon
Anaesthetic – Maria Takolander
Hospital Visit – Maureen O’Shaughnessy
The Sigh – Kate Llewellyn
Pearls – Kate Llewellyn
With Her – Ross Donlon
Late August in the Baltic – Geoff Page
En route to Alaska – Moya Pacey
FICTION
Bobby – Suvi Mahonen
You Can Leave Your Boots On – Susan Fealy
The Business – Nova Weetman
Light Comes Up – Peter Farrar
Restrictions – Colin Varney
The New PR Test – Michael Lucht
Farm Hands – Deborah Sheldon
ISLAND FEATURE ARTIST
Chris Bell
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