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Modern Mobilities: Australian-Transnational Writing

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CONTENTS EDITORIAL POETRY Ross Donlon, Trawling in the Arctic Shu Cai, Absurdity (tr. by Ouyang Yu) A. S. Patric, Peking A. Frances Johnson, Geography lessons: Victor Louey’s world tour Victor Daley, When London Calls John Carey, we are not alone Danielle Shelley Carr, This Swirling Saffron Mystery Geoff Page, The Projectionist Michelle Cahill, The Siege Kate Lilley, 1-800-DENIED π.O., E. W. Cole 1832–1918         Harmonica SHORT FICTION Jessica White, The Country of Boats Pavle Radonic, Rise and Shine Hayley Katzen, Postcards ESSAYS AND MEMOIRS Bill Ashcroft, Australian Transnation Kit Kelen, A Transnational Apprenticeship for Poets: Some Notes…

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Please come to the launch of Modern Mobilities

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Southerly is delighted to invite you to the launch for its latest issue, 71.1 Modern Mobilities: Australian Transnational Writing. There will be readings, wine, nibbles, and general bonhomie. Please join us! When: Wednesday October 12th 2011, 6 for 6:30pm Where: Woolley Common Room, John Woolley Building upstairs, University of Sydney Map: http://www.facilities.usyd.edu.au/oam/blaccess-r01.cfm?fld1=01 RSVP: Tessa at Please use CONTACT US form by October 5th

Letters and Responses

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Have you ever read one of our issues and found a piece so intriguing, so inspiring, that you wished you could have responded? Now you can. In time for our newest issue, 71.1 Modern Mobilities: Australian-Transnational Writing, we are launching a new tab. Called ‘Letters and Responses’, it is exactly that – letters from you that talk to the printed word. All letters will be moderated by our editors to ensure lively and stimulating discussion. So if there’s something you want to say, don’t hold back – let us know!

New Monthly Blogger – Ali Cobby Eckerman

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An enormous thanks to A S Patric for his excellent and thought-provoking posts. Coming up for our next month of blogging is Ali Cobby Eckermann, one of the editors of our upcoming Indigenous edition. Her bio is below: Ali Cobby Eckermann has enjoyed huge success with her first collection of poetry ‘little bit long time’. Her poetry reflects her journey to reconnect with her Yankunytjatjara / Kokatha family. She has lived most of her adult life in Australia’s Northern Territory. Her first verse novel ‘His Father’s Eyes’ was published in 2011 by Oxford Uni Press. Her second verse novel ‘Ruby Moonlight’ won…

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Small but significant

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After much agonising, Southerly has had to put their subscription prices up due to postage and other pricing pressures. But the good news is that the price has only risen a little bit, and not at all if you subscribe from overseas. Please go to our Subscriptions page  to download the subscription form. Our next issue is due out very soon…

Next Monthly Blogger – A.S. Patrić!

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Thank you, Chris Raja, for your fabulous posts. Next up, we have A.S. Patrić! Here’s his bio: A. S. Patrić writes in Melbourne and is a St Kilda bookseller. Patrić is co-editor of Verity La, an online journal that is archived by the National Library of Australia. He has taught Creative Writing at RMIT and was a judge in the Essence of St Kilda Word Prize 2010. His collection of poetry, Music For Broken Instruments, was published in 2010 by Black Rider Press. Patrić is featured in Best Australian Stories (2010), and his work has been widely published, appearing in Overland, The Lifted Brow, Wet Ink, Etchings, Quadrant, Going Down Swinging and other literary journals. The Rattler was Highly Commended in the Lord Mayor’s…

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New Monthly Blogger: Chris Raja!

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First off, we’d like to thank Sam Cooney for his excellent, stimluating posts. Next up we have Chris Raja, who was recently published in our 70.3 India India edition. His bio Chris Raja migrated to Melbourne from Calcutta in 1986, and almost twenty years later he moved again, further inland, living and working in Alice Springs since 2004. Chris is a teacher and a regular contributor to numerous magazines including Art Monthly Australia (for whom he is the NT Art Correspondent). The First Garden, a play by Chris Raja and his wife Natasha Raja, brings to life the extraordinary woman, that was, Miss Olive Muriel Pink. This season…

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June Monthly Blogger: Sam Cooney!

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We had a wonderful month of thought-provoking posts from Phillip Ellis – thank you, Phillip. Next up, we have writer Sam Cooney, blogging for us all the way from Berlin. Here’s his bio: Sam Cooney is a freelance (underworking) writer and editor. Suckled and reared in Melbourne, he right now lives in Berlin, where he pretty much stands all day staring at the city like it’s one of those Magic Eye images from the 90s. Some recent-ish writings can be found in The Lifted Brow, Newswrite, The Rumpus and aroundabout the internet. He has recently edited fiction portfolios for The Lifted Brow and Overland, and has close (sexy)…

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Kevin Hart Reading at the University of Sydney

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Kevin Hart, reknowned Australian poet and academic, will be giving a reading at the University of Sydney. Please come along! The reading will start promptly at 6pm. When: Wednesday June 8th, 6 – 7pm Where: Woolley Common Room, Woolley Buildlng, University of Sydney main campus http://sydney.edu.au/arts/about/maps.shtml

New Monthly Blogger – Phillip Ellis

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Southerly’s Monthly Blogger program has got off to a brilliant start, thanks to the thoughtful, engaging and inspiring posts from Tracy Ryan. Thank you, Tracy! Next in our program is Phillip Ellis. Here’s his bio: Phillip A. Ellis is a freelance critic and scholar, and his poetry collection, The Flayed Man, has been published by Gothic Press. Gothic Press will also edit a collection of essays on Ramsey Campbell, that he is editing with Gary William Crawford. He is working on another collection, to appear through Diminuendo Press. Another collection has been accepted by Hippocampus Press, which has also published his…

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India India

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From useful surveys of Indian-Australian literary relations to a challenging appraisal of the coverage of recent attacks on Indian students in Australia; from a resurrection of the Indian Mollie Skinner to a ground-breaking comparison of life writings by Aboriginal and Dalit/Untouchable women, plus a haunting and absorbing array of stories and poems from some of the most exciting contemporary Indian and Australian writers, India India not only presents a veritable feast from the subcontinent, but reflects just how deeply our cultures, literary and otherwise, are intertwined. An, as ever, there is a selection of the best new Australian writing, whatever its subject.…

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Our First Monthly Blogger: Tracy Ryan!

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Tracy Ryan is our first monthly blogger. A poet, activist, academic, and many other things besides, she begins her posts on all things literary from this Friday, April 15th. So keep logging on from this Friday, as her posts are sure to be scintillating, insightful and fun. You can check out more about her in these two links: http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/authors/309/Tracy+Ryan http://poetsvegananarchistpacifist.blogspot.com/ Remember, you’re welcome to comment on her posts.