Southerly journal returns

Literary journal Southerly has returned after 3-year hiatus with issue 80.1, “First, the Future”, guest-edited by KA Ren Wyld and new Southerly editor Roanna Gonsalves.

According to the editors, this issue “affirms the importance of imaginative labour and literary production to the passing down of knowledge between generations” and is dedicated to “the memory of the remarkable Charmaine Papertalk Green”.

“In this issue, Barry Corr meditates on the muse; Natalie Harkin, Kirli Saunders, Elfie Shiosaki and Ellen van Neerven talk with each other about First Nations Peace Poetics; Courtney Jaye reviews Debra Dank’s Terraglossia; Wyld reflects on archival adventurers; and more,” said organisers.

The journal’s online companion, The Long Paddock, has also released a suite of essays and interviews.

This issue’s cover features “The messenger” by Guguu Yalanji and Koko Lamalama woman Kerry Klimm.

The last issue of Southerly was published in 2022.

More information about the journal is available on its website.

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