Staples

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 Univerity of Adelaide's Creative Writing program, and has featured works by prominent local artists such as Cath Kenneally, Ken Bolton and Moya Costello.

Staples also holds a regular monthly event at the Jah'z Cafe at 6:30pm on the last Thursday of every month. Selected speakers read their works from the latest edition, followed by an open mike.

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 Convertors" 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

Staff

Editors

• Shannon Burns
• Bern Smith (past)

Co-editors

• Gavin Schultz
• Emily Cock

Layout & Typesetting

• Gavin Schultz

External Links

Official website