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.
John Encarnacao lectures in music at Western Sydney University. His book Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down The Old Plank Road is published by Ashgate. As a recording artist, his last two releases are with the song-oriented The Nature Strip and the free improvising Espadrille.