Westerly 30:1

Contents:

Essay

Delys Bird Text Production and Reception—Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus
Kateryna Arthur Fiction and the Rewriting of History: A Reading of Colin Johnson
Noel Macainsh Not a Love Story—Henry Handel Richardson's Maurice Guest

Review

Vincent O’Sullivan A review of Bruce Dawe's Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954-1982
Van Ikin A review of Nigel Krauth's Matilda, My Darling

Poetry

Philip Hodgins Making Hay
Diane Fahey Wings
Jean Kent Commuters
Leonie Eastment Fading Colours
Audrey Longbottom Clown
Dimitris Tsaloumas The Leader
Connie Barber A spread of cats on roofs talk
Shane McCauley The Anchorite Spider
Alec Choate Iona Ferry
Joyce Parkes Papyrus' Sail
John Barton In The Year Of
John Barton At the Delta's Edge
John Barton The Moabitess
Stephen Hall Message Home
Audrey Longbottom Rewards
Rory Steele Giddy Down
Rory Steele Hard Words and Lullabies
Graeme Hetherington Convict Past
Lauris Edmond Fontana Rosa
Lauris Edmond Playing House
Lauris Edmond The National Poetry Series: Michael Ryan
Lauris Edmond Tristesse d'animal
Jean Kent Pauses
Jean Kent Cheryl's a bit handicapped

Fiction

Chris Hanlon The Myna
Rosaleen Love The Laws of Life
David Phillips Bunyip
Marta Kadlecikova An Ode To Joy
Patricia Gaut The Cashews
Terry Tredrea Reassuring the Deceased