Sushma Joshi is a writer and filmmaker from Nepal. She has written two books of short stories. The End of the World was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award. She has a BA in International Relations from Brown University and an MA in English Literature from Middlebury College (USA) She is currently working […]

Angelina Xu is a writer, educator and editor based in Naarm. Her work focuses on queer culture, food and contemporary literature but you can find her writing about anything that passes her mind. She has been published in Archer Magazine and The Griffith Review and is currently in the process of launching her substack.   […]

Talib Dostizada is a Hazara writer originally from Quetta, Pakistan. He writes about displacement, memory, migration, belonging and the ordinary lives shaped by political violence and borders. He lives and writes on Boonwurrung Country in Naarm (Melbourne).       Only the Wind Remains He awoke to the sound of a camel coughing. The sand […]

Jonno Revanche is an interdisciplinary writer currently based in Sydney on Gadigal land. bell ringing – Distant beyond vision – And, honestly? we’ve got it allcovered  

Jim Gill is an autistic writer and poet living on Gumbaynggirr country. His writing appears in Oystercatcher Two, Meniscus, Varnish Online, Verandah, Dark Poets and elsewhere. Jim’s poem, ‘The Stranger’, was shortlisted in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition. Jim holds a PhD in Archaeology, as well as degrees in Cultural Heritage and Education. He currently […]

Zoleikha Baloch is a Baloch writer based in Iran. She writes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction centered on women’s lives, memory, and resilience in Balochistan. Her work has appeared in seven international literary journals, including Solarpunk Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Chestnut Review, and belladonna’s garden. Through her writing, she seeks to bring Baloch voices and […]

Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Swan X, is a poet from Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He has been published in Agbowó, Chestnut Review, Electric Literature, Palette Poetry, Poet Lore, Sontag Magazine,  Collaborature, Weganda Review, Cloudscent Journal, Serotonin, Isele, Dawn Review, amongst others. He is the winner of the 2024 Kukogho Iruesiri Samson Poetry Prize, co-winner of the 2024 […]

Angela Costi’s poetry collections include Honey & Salt, An Embroidery of Old Maps and New, and The Heart of the Advocate. Her chapbook, Adversarial Practice, published by Cordite was commended in the Wesley Michel Wright Prize 2024. She won the University of Canberra’s Health Poetry Prize 2024 and the Katherine Sussanah Prichard (KSP) Poetry Prize 2022. She is […]