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Journal

Desert winds

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October 2009, no. 315

Westerly Vol. 54, No. 1 by Delys Bird and Dennis Haskell

Westerly Centre, $29.95 pb, 204 pp, 9780980437133

Journal

Desert winds

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October 2009, no. 315

One of the best things about the latest issue of Westerly is the cover, a detail from Helen Norton’s painting The shores of the excommunicated. Norton’s image is a wonderfully disquieting take on the modern Aussie beach. It inspires fresh ideas and imaginings, it unsettles, it punctures complacency, it provokes counter-reactions, but it also entertains – typifying what literary magazines should do.

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Patrick Allington

Patrick Allington was the recipient of the inaugural ABR Patrons’ Fellowship, worth $5000. His novel, Figurehead (Black Inc. 2009), was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His short fiction and book criticism appears in Australian newspapers, magazines, and journals, including regularly in ABR.

Patrick Allington reviews ‘Westerly Vol. 54, No. 1’ edited by Delys Bird and Dennis Haskell

Westerly Vol. 54, No. 1

by Delys Bird and Dennis Haskell

Westerly Centre, $29.95 pb, 204 pp, 9780980437133

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