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Singing For All He's Worth

In the early 1990s, after writing for most of his life in Yiddish, his mother tongue, Jacob Rosenberg decided to switch to English. The period of extraordinary creativity that followed was cut short only by his death in 2008, at the age of 86. During those fifteen-odd years, Rosenberg wrote and published three collections of poetry, a book of short stories, a novel, and two prize-winning memoirs that chart his journey from youth in the Lodz ghetto, through the nightmare of the Holocaust and the loss of his entire family, to the rebuilding of a future in Australia.

Singing for All He's Worth brings together twelve men and women from Australian literary and intellectual life who knew Jacob Rosenberg and offer their responses to his writings. It is a colourful and moving collection, each contributor illuminating different facets of Rosenberg's remarkable mind and personality.

As Raimond Gaita points out in his foreword: "All the contributors to this volume were his friends. All esteemed him as a man and as a writer. Many loved him. The love and the esteem are warmly evident in the essays." Singing for All He's Worth will enrich the experience of those already familiar with Rosenberg's work, while helping to introduce him to a new community of readers.

Raimond Gaita is presently Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, King's College London, and Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne Law School and the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne. He is the author of Romulus, My Father, A Common Humanity and The Philosopher's Dog. Alex Miller was co-founder of the Anthill Theatre and a founding member of the Melbourne Writers' Theatre. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and has received many accolades including the Miles Franklin Award, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, and the Age Book of the Year Award. Alex Skovron is a book editor and writer. He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently The Man and the Map and Autographs, as well as a prose novella, The Poet.

Brothers And Sisters

Critics and readers alike have long commented on Charlotte Wood's ability to portray sibling relationships in her novels. Life-long resentments, tensions, alliances and affections between brothers and sisters play out in her books to brilliant effect. Here, Charlotte brings her skills to an anthology of stories by well-known and new writers who have written about an element of sister/brother relationships, both in fictional and non-fictional forms. The contributors are:Tony Birch; Tegan Bennett Daylight; Robert Drewe;Ashley Hay; Cate Kennedy; Nam Le; Roger McDonald; Paddy O Reilly; Virginia Peters; Michael Sala; Christos Tsiolkas; Charlotte Wood.

Read our interview with Charlotte Wood about Brothers and Sisters.

The Best Australian Stories 2009

In The Best Australian Stories 2009, Delia Falconer collects the year's most outstanding short fiction, showcasing the strength and diversity of Australian writing today. There are masterful stories from some of the country's best-loved authors, as well as exciting new work from up-and-coming young writers. This is a perfect book for summer and a delightful introduction to Australia's best contemporary writing.

Previous contributors include David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Nam Le, Frank Moorhouse, Peter Goldsworthy, Mandy Sayer, Marion Halligan, Nicholas Shakespeare, Carmel Bird, Venero Armanno, Cate Kennedy, Sophie Cunningham and many others.

Stamping Ground Stories Of The Northern Suburbs Of Melbourne

Stamping Ground - an Anthology : Stories of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne This anthology of poetry, short stories, life-writing and work-in-progress features new work by both established and emerging writers that will take readers on surprising journeys through the familiar and unfamiliar world of Melbourne's northern suburbs. Includes a foreword by Catherine Deveny. The book is published by Clouds of Magellan, Thornbury; sponsored by Trojan Press, Thomastown. Stamping Ground is part of the City of Darebin Inscribe Writer's Symposium (20, 21 November). Growing up Greek in Thornbury; erasing the memory of an ex-boyfriend in Westgarth; fear of kites at Edwardes Lake Park; a young girl escaping from Lalor in the 80s makes a surprise discovery in Reservoir
With new work by emerging and established writers, Stamping Ground will take you on surprising journeys through the familiar and unfamiliar world of Melbourne's northern suburbs. Authors:Petrina Barson, Matt Blackwood, Edward Burger, Naomi Byrne-Soper, Lyndel Caffrey, Felix Calvino,Rijn Collins, Angela Costi, Catherine Deveny, Henry von Doussa,Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper,Hariklia Heristanidis,Alana Holmberg,Tiggy Johnson,Garry Kinnane,Laura Jean McKay,Paul Mitchell,Sarah Mokrzycki,Julie Perrin,Tom Petsinis,Mileta Rien,Domenica Roperto,Georgina Scillio,Cameron Semmens,Jenny Sinclair,Jaz Stutley,James Tagliabue,Mark Wills

New Australian Stories

This eclectic anthology of new stories showcases some of our finest short-story writers and proves that the short story is alive and well in Australia. From seasoned practitioners of the form through to rising and emerging stars of the short-story firmament, New Australian Stories caters for all tastes. There’s humour, mystery, drama, and even some delusion and deceit. Whole lives are captured in just a few satisfying pages. Ideal for dipping into and perfect for those seeking inspiration and escape, this collection is designed for your reading pleasure.

Contributors include: Cate Kennedy, Amanda Lohrey, Carmel Bird, Tony Birch, Nicholas Jose, Paddy O’Reilly, Max Barry, Margo Lanagan, Lenny Bartulin, Michael McGirr, Georgia Blain, Chris Womersley, Patrick Cullen and many more.

Families: Modern Australian Short Stories

Memorable short stories by Cate Kennedy, Tim Winton, David Maloof and many more of Australia’s best contemporary writers. Bonding, battling, breaking - the stories in this engrossing collection shed high and lowlights on families from every angle. Heroic mothers, stranged fathers, resentful siblings, children losing their innocence - even a family ghost or two.

Offset Magazine Number 8

Published annually by Professional Writing students at Victoria University

Wet Ink: Issue 13

– a magazine that’s dedicated to publishing new and exciting writing.

Inside each issue you’ll find fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, interviews, photography, book reviews and more. It’s the place to discover some of today’s best up-and-coming talent, as well as new works by established authors.

Wet Ink's summer 08 edition is jam-packed with great reads to get you through the holidays.

Visit a mystical Outback landscape with Patrick Holland, Underground New York with Fi Viney and the Phillipines with Merlinda Bobis. Neil Bramsen explores the still waters of Moona Creek while Jorge Sotirios shows another side to Che Guevara. Siall Waterbright discovers what to do with a man who appears piece by piece, Michel Sauret makes a dark choice, and things get a little surreal with Michael Crane. These are just some of the great stories you'll find between the pages of Wet Ink, plus poetry by Jill Gloyne, Louise Nicholas, Michelle Cahill, Jules Leigh Koch and Jan Owen, an interview with Janette Turner Hospital, book reviews and more.

Avant New Writing 2008

The Avant Anthology is an annual showcase of writing from new and emerging writers. Avant accepts submissions from Box Hill TAFE students and staff, and also includes a national short story competition open to the general public.

In Bed With...

Hot sex, anywhere, anytime, anyone?

Here is the hottest, raunchiest collection of romance, love, fantasy and - let's be honest - sex.

Designed to tantalise and tease, these quirky adult-only tales are sensual and surprising, always imaginative and unashamedly risque. Featuring a sex addict, a Spanish percussionist, a topless gardener, a Kiwi farm-hand, virgins, prostitutes, ballerinas, college research assistants, new ladettes and a spanking dominatrix; these racy affairs, illicit liaisons, and kinky propositions will have you hot, bothered, and maybe in need of a lie down . . .

So slip under the covers with award-winning bestselling writers; Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Emma Darwin, Louise Doughty, Stella Duffy, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Esther Freud, Joanne Harris, Linda Jaivin, Rachel Johnson, Tobsha Learner, Kathy Lette, Emily Maguire, Chris Manby, Jane Moore, Adele Parks, Justine Picardie, Bella Pollen, Helen Razer, Santa Sebag Montefiore, Ali Smith, Joan Smith, Emma Tom, Daisy Waugh, and Fay Weldon.

But there's a kinky twist - to protect their identities, each writer uses an x-rated pseudonym (the name of their first pet and first street). Can you work out is who? And who wrote what?

Anney Shenton * Cat Devonshire * Samantha Sutton-Place * Rosa Mundi * Dixie Athel *Sunset Proudfoot * Dora Berggasse * Ruffy Sante-Marie * Marmalade Bates * Harriet Peters * Symphony Meritt * Bunty B Road * Quaver Coverdale * Cassandra Bedwell *Minxy Malone * Patch O'Gilby * Storm Henley * Bunny Princess * Kitten Montauk *Olivia Painswick * Tutty Monmouth * Pom Pom Paradise * Casius Priory * Quincey Park

Entertaining and wickedly erotic, In Bed With . . .is a naughty collection of fiction provocateur guaranteed to have you blushing. Read it in bed, read it alone; or with someone you desire.

Extempore Issue 1

Art & writing inspired by jazz and improvised music:

In Conversation (Interviews)

Shannon Barnett with Adrian Jackson Sandy Evans with Michael Webb Aaron Flower with Peter Wockner Paul Grabowsky with Miriam Zolin Jim McLeod with Miriam Zolin Marios

* Verbatim

Tony Gorman On becoming an improvising musician John Clare Rock and Roll Diary of a Jazz Fan

* Fiction

Peter Newall I Thought About You Matthew Asprey Gut Bucket Blues Spike Mason Taking the A Train

* Poetry

Andrew McDonald Music in the Foyer, Belvoir PS Cottier Silver-eyes and figs Allan Browne adrian Goeff Page Coffee with Miles Tony Gorman Used to couldn’t Geoff Page Jazz /Poet Allan Browne little miles Allan Browne for curly (ade monsborough) Lynn Hard Jazz Lynn Hard Quintet

* Essays

John Shand Musical Surrealism Peter Jordan Horror Movie, it’s the 6:30 News Sascha Feinstein Kenneth Rexroth: Back in the Cellar again

* Visuals

Sketch by Bruce Petty Prints by John Ryrie Photographs by Natasha Blankfield Photographs by Mark Peterson

* Book Reviews

John Clare reviews Ask Me Now ed Sascha Feinstein Andrew W. Hurley reviews Jazz: An Australian Accent by John Shand Adrian Jackson reviews Talking to Kinky and Karlheinz ed Anni Heino

* Reprints

Jim McLeod talks to Paul Grabowsky (1994) Andrew Ford talks to Tony Gorman (2004)

* Bonus CD

Courtesy of Kimnara Records Kimnara:Tapping into a rich vein by Gerry Koster Q&A with Kimnara’s Simon Barker

Meanjin Vol 67 No 4

The latest edition of the new-look Meanjin looks to be another cracker. David Astle describes the white noise in his head and how he turned that into a career constructing cryptic crosswords; James Bradley shares his passion for Battlestar Galactica; and Sophie Cunningham interviews Morris Gleitzman about his Holocuast novels Once and Then and the dark side of writing for kids. Features new fiction from Caroline Lee, Damon Young and more.

Heat 18: Library Of Fire

In this issue, Brian Castro considers Boccaccio’s The Decameron and the melancholy fate of authorship, as Jennifer Rutherford turns the mirror on Castro’s The Garden Book and its relationship to Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. John Hughes meditates on the library and the possibilities it cannot contain as an idea of possibility. Kris Hemensley walks Urquhart Street and evokes the concurrence of all his experiences, Marion Halligan remembers a winter’s night in Alassio, Saskia Beudel is introduced to the Warlpiri world view by Frank Baarden and the letter N. Sex and the generations threaten havoc in stories by Gillian Mears and Gerald Windsor; Felicity Castagna writes on convicted murderer Kathleen Folbigg; Michael Mohammad Ahmad portrays the end of an intense love affair. Noel King interviews Brent Cunningham on small-press distribution, Beth Driscoll explores the non-literary factors at work in literary awards. Amongst the poets: Jane Gibian, Kay Rozynski, Chris Price, Tom Shapcott, Kate Llewellyn, J.S. Harry, Jennifer Maiden, and Judith Bishop translating French poet Gérard Macé on poetry and mime. In colour, John Young offers three takes, spanning thirty years, on making art in a diaspora.

ESSAYS

* Kris Hemensley - This Secret Walking
* Marion Halligan - If on a Winter’s Night Some Travellers
* Saskia Beudel - View from Yuendumu Mining Store
* Brian Castro - In Camera: Arrested Motion & Future Mourning
* Jennifer Rutherford - Flaubert in the Garden
* Beth Driscoll - How Prizes Work in the Literary Economy
* Noel King - Selling Poetry
* Judith Bishop - Gérard Macé on Mime

FICTION

* John Hughes - The Book of Libraries
* Gerard Windsor - And the Children’s Teeth Shall be Set on Edge?
* Gillian Mears - Easter Cake
* Michael Mohammed Ahmad - Something for Lina
* Felicity Castagna - Kathy

POETRY

Kay Rozynski, Kate Llewellyn, J. S. Harry, Vivian Smith, Stephen Edgar, Thomas Shapcott, Chris Price, Fay Zwicky, Michael Farrell, Jennifer Maiden, Jane Gibian

ART

John Young - Three Works