13th Issue, 12th October, 1999

Poems by

1. Kay McKenzie Cooke / Across The Waves
2. Emily Dobson / Poems I, and II
3. Lawrence Miles / Out of Practice.
4. Rick Slotten / Walking Bear, Sunday 9\27\98, Sunday 11\9\98
5. Ken Pobo / Snake's Bad Rap, This Year
6. Simon Williamson / Tama Te Ora
7. Robert James Berry / Land, Starfish
8. Jocelyn Morton / The Laboratories of Night
9. Patricia Prime / With His Eyes Wide Open
10. Justin Hewitt / Summer Breath, Breatharian
11. Harvey McQueen / My Stepfather, The Day After Le Marriage En Poste
12. H. Janzen / Surrealistic Fruit, Batik Painting
13. Betty Ann Matthews / Growing, You Linger in a Blue Green Bay,
14. Daniel Mourelle / The Fall of Drumhill Castle, Passions Under Truce

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Feature! Book Review.

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Review Review of Southern Ocean Review, in Glottis NZ, 1998.

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About the Authors

JULES LEIGH KOCH was born in Sydney in 1958 and raised in Adelaide. Presently a part time School Service Officer at Ashfield Special School and a parent. Has lived and worked as agardener, house parent, farmhand and in childcare and also lived and worked on the North Island of New Zealand. Founding member of the Kensington / Norwood writing group in 1986 and along time member of the SA Writers Centre. he has been published in Redoubt, Matoid, Southerly, Hermes and Going Down Swinging. SEAN O'CONNOR Graduated from Massey University, B.A. - Studies in Fiction. 1989. M.A., - Studies in Fiction, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Non-fiction writer and writer of short stories and alsofreelance journalist, Manawatu Evening Standard. Has written reviews of live and recorded music. ALAN PAPPRILL was raised in Wanganui, the city that provides thesetting for the story, "Kidneys". Formed the Wanganui City Poets' group. Taught English in secondary schools in NZ. While overseas, taught in schools in South London and Wales. RHONDA BARTLE is a New Zealand writer whose work has been broadcast on Radio NZ, published in Takahe and other places. Won third prize in the Star Sunday Times short story competition, 1998. DWIGHT GEDDES is a New Zealander living and writing in the UK. RICHARD K WEEMS lives and writes in New Jersey, USA. He teaches creative writing at the Mill Creek School in Philadelphia and once a year at the prose and poetry getaway at Cape May, New Jersey. Published in Pif magazine, The Mississippi Review and The Crescent Review. BERRY ANN MATTHEWS lives and writes in Wanganui, New Zealand. DANIEL MOURELLE lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and run their publishing company there. Has books published in Spanish and also writes flurntly in English. Has won award for writing. GERRY BORCZ lives and writes in the USA. ALFRED NIESSEN: An expatriot New Zealander who has been living in Europe for the last ten years. After graduating in English Literature and Art History from Albertus Magnus University he now lives, writes, translates and consumes, in Cologne. CHRISSIE WARD returned to her birthplace in Nelson after living for 23 years in Britain, including 11 in the Shetland Islands. MARK PIRIE is completing an M.A. at Otago University. Has a number of short stories and poems published. publisher and editor of Headworx publishers and editor of JAAM (Just Another Art Movement). PATRICIA PRIME: Lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Well known for her Haiku and Haliban poetry, her work has been in various anthologies (including "Haiku Anthology" reviewed in this issue). KAY McKENZIE COOKE lives, writes and works in Auckland, New Zealand EMILY DOBSON: is a student aged 18, from Kereru, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Presently on her Big OE, in Europe. Has won prizes for creative writing prior to her departure. LAWRENCE MILES lives and writes in the USA. RICK SLOTTON lives in Rohnert Park, California, USA, in a 750 sq.ft apartment where he has been for 11 years with his wife. Published in a number of on-line and print magazines. Loves writing poetry as well as sharing it. KEN POBO lives and writes in USA. Work has appeared in Redoubt, Colorado Review, University of Windsor Review, Linq, Orbis and his collection, Cicadas in the Apple Tree. SIMON WILLIAMSON was born in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand and moved from Maori area to another duting his formative years. Wrote a play, Feast of Friends, that was staged. Founded Poetrycorp with Paul Dagarin and Mike Eager. Highly commended in numerous New Zealand and overseas competitions. ROBERT JAMES BERRY: A Londoner living is Penang Island, in West Malaysia where he lectures in English, Literature and Language at the University of Science there. Has had poems published in England, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, Trinidad JOCELYN MORTON lives and writes in Auckland, New Zealand. Her work has appeared in numerous journals. JUSTIN HEWITT lives and writes in Auckland, New Zealand. His writing has previously been published as part of the 1997 *word exhibition that took place in Central Auckland as part of the associated anthology. HARVEY McQUEEN is a New Zealand anthologist and editor, and has had work published widely in New Zealand and overseas. H. JANZEN lives in South Manitoba country, Canada. Has been writing seriously for over 20 years. Travels widely, to Mexico and parts of Europe.. Spent 5 months travelling in South East Asia. TREVOR REEVES: Editor and Publisher of Southern Ocean Review and poet - writer of short stories that have appeared in print and electronic magazines widely. JUDITH WOLFE lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is an artist, designer and sculptor. She has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and some of her works have been in travelling exhibitions overseas. Recent exhibitions at the Empire Cinema, guest artist at the Wanaka Art Group Exhibition, August 1997 and exhibited in the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show exhibition, Easter, 1998, and the Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, October 1998.

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