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ETCHINGS 5: THE HISTORY OF ...
This issue features two of Australia's most prominent authors and Creative Writing lecturers: Antoni Jach, interviewed by Jean-François Vernay from the University of Toulouse Le-Mirail, and Kevin Brophy with reflective and inspiring poetry.
European photographers, Géraud Boursin and YennY, take us on a pictorial tour of ‘The Forgotten Ballroom', a neglected, once iconic, part of Melbourne's social and architectural history, with an engaging commentary by Inga Walton.
Highly respected Aboriginal photographer, Wayne Quilliam, one of the few Indigenous Australian artists to be exhibited at the Kyoto Gallery in Japan, presents images from his Lowanna series. By blending a contemporary feel with timeless sensibility, Wayne's images are truly beautiful and striking.
Also in Etchings 5 are photographic collages by Romy Sai Zunde, and fiction and poetry by Isabel D'Avila Winter, Joanna Kujawa, Lee Kofman, Kay Sexton, Ouyang Yu, Frank Burton, Jane Downing, Luke Stegemann, Richard Holt, Kate Reilly, and various others.
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ETCHINGS 4: THE ART OF CONVERSATION
"Good conversation is generally informal ... it's a matter of spontaneous combustion..." - Robert Dessaix
"What is important about the world is not what it is actually, but what it is potentially." - Sean Cubitt
In the first themed issue of Etchings, established and emerging writers and artists tackle 'the art of conversation'.
Thought-provoking essays by Robert Dessaix, on what defines good conversation, and Sean Cubitt, on the contemporary culture of technological connectivity.
Sydney's experimental action researcher/performer Astra Howard documents urban conversations.
Emerging writer Glenys Osborne presents her winning story "Mermaid Footwear" from the City of Glen Eira, My Brother Jack Award 2007 (also commended in the Age Short Story Competition 2007).
Poetry by Peter Davis and E. Kristin Anderson.
And much much more reading for the autumn season ...
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Praise for ETCHINGS
Not only does Etchings 4 explore the various strands of vital and exuberant exchange of thoughts, it also canvasses pregnant pauses, cross-wires and other failures of communication. THE AGE (Melbourne)
Give a warm welcome to a new literary journal, especially one as committed to short fiction as Etchings.... SYDNEY MORNING HERALDIndependent publisher to watch is the Melbourne-based Ilura Press.... THE AGE (Melbourne)
A substantial poetry section, lots of fiction, two essays, and three ventures into art. CANBERRA TIMES
Etchings, a lush publication. AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
