FAMOUS REPORTER 40 : DEC 2009

POETRY

Kathryn Allen, Dael Allison, Stuart Barnes, Gelsey Bell, Stefanie Bennett, Sarah Clarkson, Stuart Cooke, Geoff Dean, Ross Donlon, Gary Egan, Judy Gaudet, John Hale, Rory Harris, Susan Hawthorne, Pete Hay, Cameron Hindrum, Alison Hope, Heather Taylor Johnson, Meena Kandasamy, Shari Kocher, John Latta, Nicholas Laughlin, Anthony Lawrence, Richard Lemm, Robin Loftus, Kent MacCarter, Marlene Marburg, Shane McCauley, Prulisa McEvoy, Liz McQuilkin, Geoffrey Miller, Glen Murdoch, Graham Nunn, Mark O'Flynn, Geoff Page, Paul C. Pritchard, Rob Riel, Brendan Ryan, Brenda Saunders, Edith Speers, Michael Sharkey, Jacqui Stewart, Mark Young

ESSAYS, COMMENT, MISCELLANY

Jennifer Compton: 'Our Magpie'
Bill Cotter, 'A Particular Silence'
Brian Parker: 'Roots - The Asian Connection'
Mal Robertson: 'Rooted in the Field'
Ted Sturges, 'A Capsule of Memory'
Ralph Wessman: 'North to Garradunga: Launceston Poetry Cup 2009'
Michael Wood, 'The Clock'

LAUNCH SPEECHES

Kevin Brophy's launch of Nathan Curnow's poetry collection The Ghost Poetry Project
Helen Garner's launch of Enza Gandolfo's novel Swimming.
Clive Tilsley's launch of Sarah Day's poetry collection Grass Notes

REVIEWS

Anne Collins: Blast No. 9 Poetry and Critical Writing
David Kelly: James Charlton's So Much Light, and Stephen Edgar's History of the Day
Max Ryan: David Stavanger's And the ringmaster said
Tim Thorne: Stefanie Bennett's Symphony for Heart and Stone
Ralph Wessman: Recent Writing
Terry Whitebeach: Fishtails in the Dust: writing from the Centre - and Ali Cobby Eckermann's little bit long time
Les Wicks: Brieflings
Liz Winfield: Jane McKie's When the Sun Turns Green

FICTION

Michelle Cahill, 'The Spirit Girl'
Nicholas Rasche, 'The Satirical Kid'

INTERVIEW

A conversation with Queensland poet Zenobia Frost

HAIKU

Greg Piko, Lorin Ford, Maeve Archibald, Andrew Reeves, Martin Lucas, Michael Thorley, Graham Nunn, Cynthia Rowe, Quendryth Young, Sandra Simpson, Karen Butterworth, Margaret Grace, Julie Thorndyke, Ron Moss, Anne Benjamin, Carmel Summers, David Terelink, Helen Davison, Beverley George, Jo Tregellis, Sharon Dean, Lynette Arden, Dawn Bruce, Kathy Kituai, Pam Smith, Anne Bendixen, Quendryth Young, Martin Lucas, Vanessa Proctor