We publish quality short stories, poetry, extracts from forthcoming novels, and articles and essays on topics of social, environmental and cultural significance.ISSUE NO. 121
WINTER 2010
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Gina Mercer
CONVERSATION
Ourselves/Themselves – Kristina Olsson and Matt Condon
ESSAYS
Straddling Two Worlds – Elisabeth Hanscombe
Walking not Knowing – Peter Lach-Newinsky
Written in Silver: The Tasmanian Poetry Festival –
Cameron Hindrum
MEMOIR
The Weight of a Child – Donna Ward
REVIEWS
Poetry – Michelle Borzi
Short Fiction – Robyn Friend
Nonfiction – Barry Bruce
Nonfiction – James Charlton
POETRY FEATURE
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize Winners for 2009
Winner: A Letter on Youth Homelessness – Michael Robinson
Highly Commended: White Noise – Brett Dionysius
Highly Commended: The Shoot, Greece 1970 – Ron PrettyPOETRY
Penelope in Darkness – Sarah Holland-Batt
Handwriting – Sarah Holland-Batt
The Tallest, Darkest Leading Man in Hollywood – Brian Edwards
Gravity – Graeme Miles
Palm – Tim Edwards
Viewpoints – Graham Nunn
Young Ted Hughes's Jacket – Carol Jenkins
Einstein's Overcoat – Carol Jenkins
Lifelines – Adrian Caesar
The Firm Tap – David Homewood
Skin – Kevin Gillam
Marion Bay – Graeme Hetherington
Good Works – Joshua Mostafa
Beneath the Blades – Bronwyn Mehan
Fried Things Society – Michael Farrell
O'Meara's Building a Boat – Louise Molloy
Victorian Bushfires, 2009 – Graham Rowlands
Carte de Visite – Michael Sharkey
Mother – Jonathan Leonard
Monge – Jonathan Leonard
Nature – Shu Cai (translated by Ouyang Yu)
Monkshood – Judy Johnson
Black Hellebore – Judy Johnson
FICTION
Traffik – Mike Ladd
One Man's Fish – Jacob Edwards
Duck – Tess Pohlner
Gruelling – Chris Conti
ISLAND FEATURE ARTIST
Milan Milojevic
Island, PO Box 210, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006 Australia
Ph: (03) 6226 2325 Fax: (03) 6226 2172
E-mail: island.magazine@utas.edu.au