Dženana Vucic on the subtle and not-so-subtle Marxist symbolism in Sailor Moon, John Docker, a "non-theatre person" by his own admission on The New Theatre, Sarah Schwartz on prison healthcare as punishment and the killing of Veronica Nelson, a poignant short story on memory and displacement from Nasrin Mahoutchi-Hosaini, Jeanine Leane's prize-winning poem, "Water under the bridge", and more.
Amanda Niehaus is a biologist and writer living in Brisbane. She weaves science into her essays, stories, and poems, which have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, AGNI, NOON Annual, Griffith Review, and Overland, among others. Her story ‘Breeding Season’ won the 2017 VU Short Story Prize. Her first novel, The Breeding Season, will be published by Allen & Unwin in September 2019.