HEAT

HEAT Series 3 #1

by Alexandra Christie (Editor), Mireille Juchau, Josephine Rowe

Award-winning Sydney-based critic Mireille Juchau opens HEAT Series 3 Number 1 with a deeply reported essay that examines the aftermath of war. Melbourne writer Josephine Rowe follows with a dreamlike story about a young family in an enigmatic setting. Queenslander Sarah Holland-Batt contributes a quintet of poems that take us as far as Brazil, before a reimagining of The Decameron in the Adelaide Hills by Brian Castro. In closing, Mexican-American writer Cristina Rivera Garza shares a macabre quest that resonates long after reading.

112 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2022

Reviews

[Eli McLean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Australia's most exciting lit mag is back. I'm late to the party, I know, but this is a really excellent collection of pieces tied together by themes of familial relationships, ancestral reckoning, the severing of bonds and limbs. Brian Castro's reimagining of the Decameron in the Australian bush is a particular highlight. Can't wait to see where the future of HEAT goes from here.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wrote a blogpost about Issues 1 & 2 together: https://anzlitlovers.com/2022/05/15/h...

[Malvina · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Australian literary journal, with new short stories and poems. Each unusual, each cutting edge, each amazing to read.