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Fertile Soil

Katerina Gibson

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the Pacific region.

Remembering Janet Malcolm

Sigrid Rausing

‘The book is in my studio and I am about to go out and buy fresh glue’.

In Conversation

Louise Kennedy & Sarah Moss

Two Ireland-based writers discussing national identity, disappointing holidays and art deco china.

Gororau (Borderlands)

Elizabeth O’Connor

‘Tad took down any picture of Mam the week after she died. He said they would bring bad luck to the house.’

A story set in rural Wales.

Two Poems

Aria Hughes-Liebling

‘Asleep / in dirt dry blankets.’

Unbury Our Dead with Song

Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ

A Kenyan journalist falls in love with the Tizita, popularly called Ethiopian blues, in this extract from Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ’s new novel.

The Disappearance of Mumma Dell

Roland Watson-Grant

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of the Caribbean

In Conversation

Natasha Brown & Victoria Adukwei Bulley

A discussion about exhaustion, refusal and the beginner’s mindset.

Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok

Emma Larkin

‘Comrade Aeon had been changed by his years in the jungle.’

Upper Extremity

Claire Luchette

From Claire Luchette, author of Agatha of Little Neon.

My Father’s Lover Was Never the Stepdad I Wanted Him to Be

Isabel Waidner

A letter to footballer Justin Fashanu – excerpted from Isabel Waidner’s novel Sterling Karat Gold.

Turnstones

Carol Farrelly

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize from the region of Canada and Europe.

Two Poems

Tayi Tibble

Poetry from Tayi Tibble’s new collection Rangikura, available now from Victoria University Press.

I Cleaned the –

Kanya D’Almeida

Overall winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, as well as winner for the region of Asia.