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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... vol. 65 no. 2 2020 of Westerly est. 1956 Westerly
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In Process : Seven Months (Almost), Caitlin Maling , single work prose (p. 10-13)
For the Chinese Merchants of Melbournei"circulate this amongst your friends critical of the local culture", Grace Yee , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
‘Brothers and Sisters of the Mallee’ : Book Talk between Isolated Readers across Time, Brigid Magner , Emily Potter , single work essay
'The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated the significance of books and reading in people’s lives. In lockdown, or ‘iso’, as the ubiquitous experience of home isolation is now almost fondly referred to, bookrelated activities are thriving. A survey taken in the United Kingdom during May 2020 showed that during the pandemic, time spent reading had doubled on average amongst respondents, with genre fiction, particularly thriller and crime, topping the list of favoured books (Flood). Around the world, online book discussion forums are booming, through platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and the iconic medium of this time, Zoom (Hunt). Literary festivals have gone online; reading events (meet the author, book launches, public readings), usually staged in physical spaces to local audiences, are now virtual, and theoretically accessible to all, across time zones and oceans. Bookshops, forced to close or to heavily constrain their opening times, are busily sending out online sales, while libraries have introduced home delivery services where restrictions allow.' (Introduction)
 (p. 18-35)
Fibro Dazei"In the afternoon, kangaroos descend", Peter Ramm , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Electric All-Skyi"The low greyblue-washed stratus", Riley Faulds , single work poetry (p. 38)
Reel (Always Already Unmade), Matthew Nikolai Chrulew , single work short story (p. 39-46)
Statisticsi"It was later that day", Tim Edwards , single work poetry (p. 47)
Soldier Crabsi"This life is all fizz", Ella Jeffery , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Circular Timei"I can’t say where the dagger falls", Kerry Greer , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Duck Feasti"The maintenance workers race", Nathanael O'Reilly , single work poetry (p. 52)
Sacred Heart, Animal Man, Lal Perera , single work short story (p. 53-60)
Tessai"Sitting side by side on the couch you pick an eyelash off my face and say", Sophie Walsh , single work poetry (p. 61)
Yellow Canary in the Dollhousei"You go out to pick it in pretty shoes", Anica Mancinone , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
Taperi"Forgotten", Alison J. Barton , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
[The Future of the Humanities in Australia] or; On {On Generosity, National Press Club Address}i"A microcredential participation misalignment", David Thomas Henry Wright , single work poetry (p. 66)
Easter 2020i"isolated in my back yard", Dick Alderson , single work poetry (p. 67)
A Recipe for Craft Mid-pandemic, Rachel Watts , single work prose (p. 68-73)
The Clay Face, Tiffany Hastie , single work prose (p. 74-79)
The Coffinfishi"Poor toad: we’ve damned him just like that.", Debbie Lim , single work poetry (p. 82)
Wreck of the Zeewijki"X marks the spot", Amy Lin , single work poetry (p. 86-87)
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