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FICTION / Pest control

Geronimo rushed inside the hole coughing, somehow managing to shut the door behind him. His mother Telapatra grabbed her son, hugging her tight for an instant before smacking him across the back. “How many times did I tell you not to go out at this hour?” cried Telapatra.

Motion

There are no lamplights in this end of the neighbourhood. Only tall trees standing upright on either side of the road, their leaves drooping down in lament for a long-forgotten motion.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Otherness and invisible identities

'The Hippo Girl and Other Stories' holds up a mirror to a society that judges and ridicules those that do not adhere to its shortsighted vision of a homogenised culture.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / ‘Decibels, dollars, days: down’: An experiential novel about hearing and loss

Callahan’s novel came to her during the pandemic when she found herself waking up with a large ringing noise in her head.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / A wound in our experience

“An exceptional novel that makes gender disappear to build unconventional love and friendship”

Afloat, Untethered

From every direction strong torrents meet Collide, counter, and begrudgingly recede.

The Oracle

He was, like most children, easily amused. Unlike most other children however, he never hesitated to express it. He was full of life and energy.   

FICTION / Storm child

You must have heard the story of your birth a thousand times by now, sweetheart. Your mother and I—home alone.

INTERVIEW / Outliers take centre-stage in Shah Tazrian Ashrafi’s debut collection

It’s hard not to recall our many conversations about literature as I try to summarise Shah Tazrian Ashrafi’s debut collection of short stories. They were always short discussions, opening and closing off in spurts, as happens over text. Exclamations over a new essay collection by Zadie Smith, or a new novel by Isabel Allende.

August 3, 2024
August 3, 2024

Pest control

Geronimo rushed inside the hole coughing, somehow managing to shut the door behind him. His mother Telapatra grabbed her son, hugging her tight for an instant before smacking him across the back. “How many times did I tell you not to go out at this hour?” cried Telapatra.

July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024

Motion

There are no lamplights in this end of the neighbourhood. Only tall trees standing upright on either side of the road, their leaves drooping down in lament for a long-forgotten motion.

July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024

Otherness and invisible identities

'The Hippo Girl and Other Stories' holds up a mirror to a society that judges and ridicules those that do not adhere to its shortsighted vision of a homogenised culture.

July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

‘Decibels, dollars, days: down’: An experiential novel about hearing and loss

Callahan’s novel came to her during the pandemic when she found herself waking up with a large ringing noise in her head.

July 4, 2024
July 4, 2024

A wound in our experience

“An exceptional novel that makes gender disappear to build unconventional love and friendship”

June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024

Afloat, Untethered

From every direction strong torrents meet Collide, counter, and begrudgingly recede.

June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024

The Oracle

He was, like most children, easily amused. Unlike most other children however, he never hesitated to express it. He was full of life and energy.   

June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024

Storm child

You must have heard the story of your birth a thousand times by now, sweetheart. Your mother and I—home alone.

June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024

Outliers take centre-stage in Shah Tazrian Ashrafi’s debut collection

It’s hard not to recall our many conversations about literature as I try to summarise Shah Tazrian Ashrafi’s debut collection of short stories. They were always short discussions, opening and closing off in spurts, as happens over text. Exclamations over a new essay collection by Zadie Smith, or a new novel by Isabel Allende.

June 22, 2024
June 22, 2024

The journey

If you travel on a bus, always take the window seat.

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