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Issue 32 (May 2005): Joanna Margaret Paul
[Cover design: James Fryer]briefEditor: Jack RossNumber 32 – Joanna Margaret Paul (May 2005):Joanna Margaret Paul / “Beta Street” (1981) / front coverJoanna Margaret Paul / “Inventories;” “Inventories...
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Issue 33 (March 2006): exile and home
[Cover image: Anya Whitlock]briefEditor: Scott HamiltonNumber 33 - exile and home (March 2006):Editor Emeritus: C. K. SteadEditorial Committee: Scott Hamilton, Jack Ross, Brett Cross, Claudia...
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Issue 34 (February 2007): war
[Cover images Ellen Portch]briefEditor: Scott HamiltonNumber 34 - war (February 2007):Editor Emeritus: C. K. SteadEditorial Committee: Scott Hamilton, Jack Ross, Brett Cross, Claudia Westmoreland,...
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Issue 35 (September 2007): A brief world order
[Cover image: Matt Kelly]briefEditor: Brett CrossNumber 35 - A brief world order (September 2007):Editorial Committee: Scott Hamilton, Jack Ross, Brett Cross, Claudia Westmoreland, Richard Taylor, Todd...
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Issue 36 (September 2008): The NZ Music Issue
[Cover image: Sherry Hamid]briefEditors: Brett Cross & Bill DireenNumber 36 - The NZ Music Issue (September 2008):Manifesta of (dys-)organised sound / 3Brief CD track list / 6Antony Milton /...
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Issue 37 (April 2009): the exotic
[Cover image: Ben Ou, "One Tree Hill" (2007)]briefEditor: Michael ArnoldNumber 37 - the exotic (April 2009):NB: The complete text of brief #37 is available here to download or purchase:Ted Jenner /...
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Issue 38 (August 2009)
[Cover image: Emma Smith, "Wolfwhistler" (2007)]briefEditor: Jen CrawfordNumber 38 (August [September] 2009):Wystan Curnow / Blue Tips / 4Emma Phillipps / that we move from plastic / 5Ross Brighton /...
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Issue 39 (March 2010)
[Cover image: Ellen Portch, "Green"]briefEditor: Michael ArnoldNumber 39 (December 2009 [March 2010]):Michael Arnold / Editor's Note / 2 K. M. Ross / Thrash / 3 Janet Charman / 'look behind you' /...
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Issue 40 (July 2010)
[Cover image: John Dickson & Ted Jenner, “After Hours Return"]briefEditor: Ted JennerNumber 40 (June 2010 [July 2010]):Ted Jenner / Editor's Note /2Richard von Sturmer / Conversations with Clarice...
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Issue 41 (December 2010)
[Cover image: Richard von Sturmer, “Straps on Railway Freight Carriages"]briefEditor: Richard von SturmerNumber 41 (November 2010 [December 2010]):Richard von Sturmer / Editor's Note / 2Simon Jackson /...
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Issue 42 (May 2011)
[Front cover image: Sandra Bianciardi, “Terre et ombre"]briefEditor: William DireenNumber 42 (March 2011 [May 2011]):Sarah Bogle / 4 Poems / 3Ted Jenner / from Genius Loci / 7William Direen / On 1st...
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Issue 43 (November 2011)
[Cover image: Ellen Portch, “untitled",from the series Wall (2010)]briefEditor: Hamish DeweNumber 43 (October 2011 [November 2011]):Manon Revuelta / sleeve red of milken bees ... / 5John Geraets /...
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Issue 44/45 (May 2012): Oceania
[Front cover image: Scott Hamilton]briefEditor: Scott HamiltonNumbers 44 & 45 - Oceania (April 2012 [May 2012]):Cover Photo: Scott Hamilton / Cover Design: Brett CrossScott Hamilton / Editor’s Note...
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Issue 46 (November 2012): The Survival Issue
[Front cover image: Grant Banbury, “Untitled photo-postcard:vacant lot, Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch" (c. June 2011)]briefEditor: Bronwyn LloydNumber 46 - Survival (November 2012):Bronwyn...
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Issue 47 (April 2012): The Mid City Arcade Project
[Front cover image: Eli Orzesseck]briefEditor: Alex WildNumber 47 (March 2013 [April 2013]):Alex Wild / Editor's Note / 2Greg Kan / surface runoff / 3Bronwyn Lloyd / A preposition shows relation /...
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Issue 48 (June 2013): The Ballad of Rue Belliard
[Cover photo: Owen Slatraigh / Cover Design: Ellen Portch]briefEditor: Brett CrossNumber 48 (June 2013):Brett Cross / Editorial / [1]Guillaume Direen / The Ballad of Rue Belliard / 3
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Issue 49 (September 2013)
[Front cover image: Richard Taylor]briefEditor: Brett CrossNumber 49 (September 2013]):Richard Taylor / from What we have been reading / 3Olivia Macassey / Death of Hoskuld / Death of Bird / About that...
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Issue 50 (February 2014)
[Front cover image: NZ Herald (26/3/87)]briefEditor: Jack RossNumber 50 (February [March] 2014]):Jack Ross / Editorial: Misha’s Project / 3 Tracey Slaughter / 31 reasons not to hear a heartbeat / 6...
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Site-map
[Cover Image: Michael Dean]This site exists in order to provide a conveniently accessible online index for the New Zealand literary journal brief, founded by Alan Loney in 1995, and carried on (under a...
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Issue 51 (September 2014)
[cover image: Alex Wild]briefEditor: Alex WildNumber 51 (September 2014]):Alex Wild / Editorial: The Outer Link / 3 Kelly Malone / nanny's place / 4 Jack Ross / Leaving Town / 5 Sze Ning Ooi / Blind...
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Issue 52 (January 2015)
[cover image: Alex Wild]briefEditor: Alex WildNumber 52 (January [March] 2015]):Alex Wild / Editorial / 3 Rae Joyce / Flip Flop and Try / 5 Daniel Larsen / Ubiquitin – Main-Stream Tele-Media / 9 Iain...
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Issue 53 (November 2015)
[cover image: Alex Wild]briefEditor: Alex Wild / Poetry Editor: Brett CrossNumber 53 (November 2015]):Alex Wild / Birthday Editorial (Party World) – Anniversary Editorial (Straight) / 3Erin Doyle /...
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Issue 54 (July 2016)
[cover image: Matt Kelly]briefEditor: Olivia MacasseyNumber 54 (July 2016):Olivia Macassey / Editorial / 3David Lyndon Brown / Five Poems / 5Richard von Sturmer / Clock Tower, Preston Park / 13Nick...
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Issue 55 (January 2017)
[Front cover: Matt Kelly]briefEditor: Olivia MacasseyNumber 55 (Summer 2016/17):Olivia Macassey / Editorial / 4Richard Taylor / you, too, have three heads. - Absolute blackness - Amphisbaena / 5Mary...
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Issue 56 (October 2018)
[Cover: Matt Kelly]briefEditor: Olivia MacasseyNumber 56 (Winter 2018):Olivia Macassey / Editorial / 3essa may ranapiri / O|r - gender dysphoria - agonies-Eternity / 5Makyla Curtis / i am utterly a...
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