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.
Arnold Zable is a writer, novelist and human rights advocate. His books include Jewels and Ashes, The Fig Tree, Violin Lessons and three novels – Café Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven and Sea of Many Returns. He is president of the Melbourne centre of International PEN and a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at Melbourne University.