Submissions Open for Disability Anthology
We’re seeking unpublished creative nonfiction writing, poetry, and new experimental prose for an anthology of creative writing by disabled and neurodivergent writers. To be edited by Mascara and published by NewSouth Publishing the anthology focuses on the perspectives and voices of First Nations and CaLD, disabled writers as well as those with multiple marginalities. This […]
Naomi Williams
Naomi Williams writes on Kaurna Country. She enjoys experimenting with poetry and prose. Her poetry has been published in Raining Poetry in Adelaide in 2022 and her ekphrastic prose in FELTspace Writer’s Program 2021. She is a lyric writer and was a creative collaborator with the UNESCO Creative Cities Equaliser Music Video Project in Adelaide […]
Announcing the 2021 Mascara Bundanon Writer’s Residency Winner
We’re thrilled to announce that the winner for the 2021 Mascara Bundanon Writer’s Residency is Isabelle Li Isabelle Li is a Chinese Australian writer and translator. She has published in various anthologies and literary journals in Australia including The Best Australian Stories, Southerly, Westerly and UTS Writers’ Anthology. Her collection of short stories A […]
Matthew da Silva reviews Invisible Eye by Gayatri Chawla
Invisible Eye by Gayatri Chawla Authorspress ISBN-13: 9789352072736 Reviewed by MATTHEW da SILVA Themes surrounding politics emerge organically in some of the poems in this book especially as it relates to the 1947 partition of British India into two (and, later, three) countries. To start with there are some place names: one of these is Sind […]
Samantha Trayhurn reviews Traverse by Tineke Van der Eecken
Traverse by Tineke Van der Eecken Wild Weeds Press ISBN 978-0648320678 Reviewed by SAMANTHA TRAYHURN Traverse by Tineke Van Der Eecken is a novel about the micro-offences that culminate in the end of a marriage. Physical distance and emotional distance. Wandering minds, snide remarks, broken trust. Part travel memoir, part personal reflection, […]