A minor loss of fidelity THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER THEY LIVED IN a small, white house on the corner, a block back from the... By Christine Kearney
An end to hope 1A MOMENT'S HESITATION was all it took. She stood there trembling on the tree. Noose around her neck. Waiting... By Ed Wright
Intimate distance INTIMACY'Keep me,' – I said to him –'let me be only one – even half – the whole half (whichever... By Katerina Cosgrove
Glad HEADING NORTHSS BOMBALA, 1924WHEN PHIL PORTER started getting restless at the mills and talking of the opportunities up north,... By Lyndel Caffrey
The water of life HERE IS THE writer in this city of writers, this glittering dry mouth in the north where we can... By Mary-Rose MacColl
Reviving the novella AS WELL AS producing suffering, adversity can spark genius. And works of genius – paintings, writing, music, science, even... By Julianne Schultz
Eat the problem THIS YEAR AT MONA (Museum of Old and New Art Market) we are solving all problems by eating them.... By Kirsha Kaechele
Firestorm at Bicheno EVEN BEFORE THE fires, the hectic summer season had its first tragic trial. In early December, my husband Nick... By Arabella Edge
The island of broken dreams TASMANIA IS VIEWED by many Australians who don't live on the island as some kind of paradise. The traffic... By Greg Barnes
Long grass over home Winner of the 2012 Josephine Ulrick Literature PrizeFor Jannine GrahamMRS ESDALE BOUGHT her petrol there until she got too... By Matthew Lamb
On Bruny THEY LEFT HOBART as dusk was falling. Not an orange dusk with stiff black silhouettes but a green dusk,... By Erin O’Dwyer
Damming PATRICK SWIMS THROUGH the mountains. The eddies waver them. They're the colour of oil slick. The light blushes his... By Romy Ash