Meanjin

The Best of New Writing in Australia

Vol. 67, No 2

Sophie Cunningham (ed.)

You might notice a few changes in the next edition of Meanjin, now that new editor Sophie Cunningham has taken the helm.

About this Title

You might notice a few changes in the next edition of Meanjin, now that new editor, Sophie Cunningham has taken the healm. The June edition will include the first of what will be regular author interviews, the first with author and poet Luke Davies. As welll, writer and performance artist Fiona McGregor, inspired by a recent trip to Poland, examines the concept of decadence; Paul Mitchell considers violence between brothers; designer and typesetter Ampersand Duck tells us the story behind the cover of Michelle de Kretser’s The Lost Dog; and we publish the first of several extracts from Kate Fielding’s extraordinary graphic history of the colonisation of Port Campbell, Their hooks find hold deep in our flesh (with illustrations by Mandy Ord). Memoir writing includes Vanessa Russell on growing up with the Exclusive Brethern, and that pre-punk sixties musician, Pip Proud, tells us the story of himself. It will include fiction by Robert Drew, Tim Richards and Abigail Ulman and poetry by Rose Lucas and Andrew Sant.

About the Author

Essays by Fiona McGregor, Paul Mitchell, Laura Carroll, Wayne Macauley; memoirs by Pip Proud and David Nichols, Mark Dapin, Vanessa Russell and Jim Morgan; interview with Luke Davies; graphic history by Kate Fielding and Mandy Ord; story of a cover by Ampersand Duck; fiction by Robert Drewe, Caroline Lee, Paul Morgan and Tim Richards; poetry by Brett Dionysius, Carol Jenkins, Andrew McDonald, Martin Langford, Michael Farrell, Peter Coghill, Rose Lucas, Kent MacCarter, Andrienne Eberhard, John Millett, Julie Chevalier, Andrew Sant, Tracy Ryan, Geoff Page, David Musgrave and Toby Davidson.

Sophie Cunningham has been an editor and publisher for over 16 years. Working for well-known publishing companies such as McPhee Gribble/Penguin and Allen & Unwin, she has worked with prominent Australian writers including Tim Winton, Dorothy Hewett, Richard Flanagan and Luke Davies. Cunningham has also held positions as a Creative Writing lecturer and tutor and has been a mentor to young and emerging Australian writers. Her first novel, Geography, was published in 2004. Her second, Bird, is published in June this year.

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