By Fred
Living in an immigration detention centre is a horrifying experience. Ex-detainee Motahar Hussein talks to YASMINE FATHY about his disturbing days in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
The phenomenon of online video has changed the way we share information with people across the world. In fact, it is estimated that in...
When we look at the world around us, we expect to see a well-oiled machine. Instead we find that something just isn’t working. Someone’s...
A month goes pretty quick and before we knew it, it was time again for this months Portal Pow Wow. And boy, did it...
The team at Vibewire are starting a new monthly event for young writers in Sydney! The Portal Pow Wow is a night where you...
It's September! Spring brings new life, new energy and a new Anthology theme....
Too Little, Too Late
Melbourne Fringe Festival
By Fred
Melbourne in September sees many passionate folk crowing together to watch something they love. Yes, September 27 is the AFL final, but it’s also the opening weekend of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Anne-Marie Peard likes the Crows,...
Write & Win. Prizes for November
By Fred
Respond to any of this month's Word of the Week, and at the end of the month, we'll choose one entry from Short Fiction and one from Poetry & Prose, and give them a brand new title...
AMERICAN ELECTION TRACKER: The “Other Obama”
By Fred
“Elegant”, “poised” and “diligent”, claims the good press. “Cold”, “military” and “rough”, claims the bad press. And her husband Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate for the 2008 US elections, claims, “She is my rock”. Love her or...
OCTOBER PRIZES
By Liv Hambrett
Respond to any of this month's WOWs and you could win ...
Deception by Michael Meehan
From the blood-soaked streets of 1870s Paris, to the student riots of the 1960s; from the barren, Australian desert to the penal colonies...