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Ten Minutes with Helena Pantsis

Helena Pantsis (she/they) is a poet and writer from Naarm, Australia, and a full-time student of psychology and creative writing with a fond appreciation for the gritty, the dark, and the experimental. She has works published or forthcoming in Voiceworks, Farrago, and Meanjin. More of her work can be found at hlnpnts.com.

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A Chat with Skyler Saunders

Skyler Saunders is a poet, digital artist, and freelance copy editor. Their poems have appeared in anthologies and magazines with Train River Publishing, Sunday Mornings at the River, Doghouse Press, and more. You can find Skyler's poetry on their Instagram @skyler.celeste.poetry, where they recently wrote a poem every day for 395 consecutive days.

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An Interview with Aniko Press

Aniko Press is a small, indie publisher based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by writer and editor Emily Riches in 2020. They publish a print literary magazine twice a year featuring poetry, short stories and creative non-fiction. Aniko Press is dedicated to providing a platform for new and emerging voices from Australia and around the world, and aims to foster a creative community by bringing passionate writers and curious readers together.

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The Birth of a Mother and a Poetry Journal

Imagine you know where poetry lives. Can see it, nestled somewhere tangible. It’s home, rooted in the swell of somewhere real. Scooped into your hand where it sits, cupped by your fingers, and warmed in your palm.
To write poetry is to place your words gently down to rest. But to publish poetry…that is the plucking and the placing of them somewhere new.

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A Chat with Anjana Sanyal

Anjana Sanyal is an undergraduate student pursuing English Honours at Gokhale Memorial Girl's College. She is an aspiring writer who loves the metaphysical world of literature and loves to explore. Her hobbies include singing, drawing, and she loves to binge-watch web series and movies, which gives her inspiration to write.

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Ten Minutes with Sheba Ghosh

Sheba Ghosh is a mother, wife, an air traffic controller, an officer commissioned in the Indian Air Force on 29 Dec 11, author of “Womanhood- from bare-knuckled angst to bare bottom babies”, a screenplay writer and blogger. She loves to spend time with her family and write whenever she can.

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A Cup of Coffee with Jude Read

Like any 8-year-old seeing the Spiderwick Chronicles for the first time, Jude Raed decided that creating stories is what matters most to her, and that is what she’s decided to do ever since. She loves sci-fi movies, poetry and cats. She loves poetry written about cats. Sunday Mornings at the River’s Summer 2021 Anthology is her first published work.

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A Chat with Atlas Elijah Harrison

Atlas Elijah Harrison (he/they) is a South African-born writer currently residing in England. He is set to begin a Neuroscience BSc in September 2021. This is his first publication. His fear of chickens and the dark is the only thing that has kept him alive long enough to become good at poetry.

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An Interview with Consilience Journal

Consilience, an online poetry and art journal, provides people from all walks of life a platform to explore the intersection of art and science. It is the first peer-reviewed poetry journal; the submission process follows the scientific process of peer review for each piece submitted. Every issue is theme-based, allowing in-depth exploration of how science and art can converge from different angles.

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Ten Minutes with Sammi Yamashiro

Sammi Yamashiro is an Okinawan and Black American poet who resides in Virginia, USA. Her poetic work revolves around her personal hardships and overcoming them. Several of her poems have been published in anthologies. Her first collection, The Peach Pit Mask, will be available soon. You can find her work on Instagram @sammiyamashiro.

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The Story Behind the Poem by Emma Blas

Spain was just emerging from a particularly strict house arrest form of lockdown, in the middle of June 2020, where it had locked all its residents in their houses for 6 weeks. Not even allowed out for exercise, even Dog walkers were fined for being found more than 100 metres away from their homes.

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An Invitation to Haiku

Growing up I learned very quickly that most words that people use are empty. We’ve created language so that we can convey ideas and emotions, but our words often fail us, either because we don’t think through what we are saying, or we are hiding what we truly want to say.

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On the (mis)interpretation of your work

The Instagram DM came in when I was getting ready for bed, mouth full of toothpaste and eyes gritty with fatigue. Is everything okay with you and hubbie? I blinked incredulously at the message. Um, what? Then it clicked. A friend had seen my latest Instagram post – something about heartbreak or relationships, I can’t remember now – and incorrectly assumed it was about me and my better half (let’s call him Bob, as he’s particular about his privacy).

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