Staples is a no-nonsense zine based in Adelaide, Australia. It features short stories, poetry and critical essays and each edition is sold for A$4. It is supported by the University of Adelaide's Creative Writing program, and has featured works by prominent local artists such as Cath Kenneally, Ken Bolton, Rachel Hennessy and Moya Costello. A zine—an abbreviation of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ...
Past Editions
Edition 1 (June 2006) POETRY
"Staples" by CATH KENNEALLY "Fierce Squares" by DREW THOMSON "The Sky Turned" by DREW THOMSON "Lambing" by CHRIS BATTAMS "Digging" by TOM CROWHURST "Punctured" by TOM CROWHURST "Manuscript" by JOHN DE LAINE "Impressions of a Neglected Home" by JOHN DE LAINE "The Espresso Hour" by MARIO SOS "Angst Converters" by KYM PACKER ESSAYS
"The Scream: Forces of the Past and Premonitions of the Future" by WAYNE CHRISTAUDO "The Danger of Writing" by SHANNON BURNS STORIES
"Arts on Sunday" by KRISTY DENNIS "The Sound of the Fury" by EMMETT STINSON "Jesus of Suburbia" by LYNDALL CLIPSTONE
Edition 2 (July 2006) STORIES
"Twenty Accessories You Can’t Live Without" by MOYA COSTELLO "The Dust Tree" by VIV LEWIS POETRY
"Things to Say" by KEN BOLTON "I Do A Drawing" by KEN BOLTON "Outwardly" by MICHAEL FARRELL "Metro" by MARGARET DINGLE "Dead Rabbit" by LED HELMUT "Prophylaxis (or A Game Of Chess)" by LED HELMUT "The Goodfellow" by PETRA FROMM "Dreaming" by HEATHER TAYLOR JOHNSON NON-FICTION
"Freenet" by GAVIN SCHULTZ
Edition 3 (August 2006) STORIES
"A Walk in the Park" by ANNA SOLDING "Chickens" by MONICA STASIAK "One Hand Clapping" by PAULINE MCLOUGHLIN "A Sip" by EMILY COCK "WaterColour" by SUNSHINE COOPER "Lighter Pink" by KYM PACKER "Forged in the Fires of Prometheus" by MR. METAPHOR NON-FICTION
"Document6" by RACHEL HENNESSY "Escaping Adorno’s ‘Do-it-Yourself’ Prophecy" by MATTHEW LORENZON POETRY
"Sniffing at the Lion’s Breath" by KERRYN TREDREA "Dangerface" by KERRYN TREDREA "In My Blackness" by TOM CROWHURST "Companionable Winter" by A.M. SLADDIN "Evolution of the Arm" by JOHN DE LAINE
Edition 4 (September 2006) SHORT-ISH
"Night" by PRITHVI VARATHARAJAN "Airwick" by CATH KENNEALLY "Earth as a Body" by ALYSSA RYAN "Triptych Time Jumble" by ADRIAN ROHOZINSKI "Bluebird" by LED HELMUT "Conversation Between Workers" by LED HELMUT "Black Tulip & Blue Dahlia" by MARGIE CRONIN "Concert" by TED DORANO "Scrap Metal Man & Booga Lady" by TED DORANO "Facts about Axolotls" by MEG VERTIGAN "A Walk In My Neighbourhood" by TRACIE MCBRIDE "Paradies" by JASMINE LESPARK "Gulls" by NICOLA EASTHOPE "Big Torque" by NICOLA EASTHOPE "The New Worlds" by ALAN HANCOCK "In Braille" by ALVIN MATTERS "Storm Tide, See" by ALVIN MATTERS LONG-ISH
"Kissing and a-Hugging with Fred" by PADDY RICHARDSON "Hawt" by KRISTY DENNIS "The Sundial" by FIONA CAMERON
Edition 5 (October 2006) LONG-ISH
"Travers" by CHESTER EAGLE "Untitled, That" by LINDA MARIE WALKER "The Game Keeper" by JAY BOYER "Her Left Ankle" by JERRY G. ERWIN SHORT-ISH
"Logos, Mythos and Ethos" by JOYCE PARKES "Never Moved Away" by JOYCE PARKES "Donations and Token Gestures" by JORDAN D’ARSIE "Handtool II" by STEPHEN LAWRENCE "Two Buddhist" by STEPHEN LAWRENCE "Visitation" by TARA MCDANIEL "Remembrance" by ROHITH SUNDARARAMAN "Happenstance" by ROHITH SUNDARARAMAN "Shadow Folk" by ALYSON MILLER "Byrom of the Fantasies" by JERRY VILHOTTI "Sibilant January" by ASHLEY CAPES "Open Table" by DAVID STAVANGER "To Wish Impossible Things" by DAVID STAVANGER
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