Contributors

Ella Jeffery's poetry and short fiction have appeared in literary journals Stilts and Rex, and in QUTE magazine. She was born on the far north coast of New South Wales and moved to Brisbane in 2009, where she studies creative writing at QUT.

From a Grand Unified Riot of Development to Emergency Detentions ... Syanptics, symmetrics, mind boggling mathematics and the integration of visual interface operating systems being a long way from rants about Creative Commons. Yarran Leigh Jenkins is developing unending streams of consciousness that make a whole lot of sense whilst simultaneously never really making any, but you know... if you think about it: The Levels of The Levels of The Levels, but it's all the same level, but there are no levels, but there's levels to it... Taking it to all levels from all levels for all levels, level by level. ... Something something something in the month of May"

Gareth Jenkins works in an alternative education program with young people and runs poetry writing workshops with The Red Room Company in schools and jails. In 2008 he was awarded his PhD, which explored avant-garde literature and art-makers that have experienced schizophrenia. Gareth's creative work includes poetry, digital media and performance. He has performed, exhibited and published in Australia and internationally.

John Jenkins is a Melbourne-based poet and non-fiction writer. A former journalist and occassional reviewer, he has written extensively on Australian new music. His most recent collection of poetry is Growing Up With Mr Menzies, from John Leonard Press (2008). John has also collaborated with artists and composers, and has co-written several books with fellow poet Ken Bolton: their new sequence, titled Lucky For Some, is published by Little Esther Books (2012).

Carol Jenkins has published two collection of poetry, her first book of poetry Fishing in the Devonian (Puncher & Wattmann, 2008) was short listed for the 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Billy Collins, the former US Poet Laureate, says “Fishing in the Devonian is one of the most interesting books I have the pleasure of reading in some time. Every poem is lively with conceptual and emotional play.” Andrew Motion, the former British Poet Laureate, says of it, “ ... a strange and original mixture of the intense and the humorous. Bravo.” Her chapbook Night Croquet (Picaro Press) was published in 2009. In 2007 she established River Road Press which produces audio CDs of Australian poetry. Her next book, Xn, is due out from Puncher & Wattmann early in 2013. Her work has recently been anthologized in Australian Poetry Since 1788.

Jane Jervis-Read is a Melbourne writer and student. Her work has been published in Going Down Swinging and broadcast on 3RRRfm. Her short story 'The Rain over the Suburbs' was shortlisted for the Age Short Story Competition 2009.

Esther is a Melbournian writer, poet and cheesemonger. She counts among her failures three abandoned novels and an unfinished horror/punk musical entitled "Babies! Aargh!" She has spent far too much time contemplating the meaning and mystery of Gary Oldman's moustache and when not eating cheese, she likes to write with a cup of tea by her side and a cat in her lap.

Tiggy Johnson began telling tales as a youngster when she told her mum her brother had hit her. With maturity, she developed skills to make stuff up that doesn't necessarily come true. Her science degree and past life as an insurance loss adjuster did little to prepare her for her work as a stay-at-home mother, writer, family historian, past editor of literary magazine Page Seventeen and most recently, small-business woman, one of three owners of Charm Packed. Her short story collection 'Svetlana or Otherwise' was released in 2008 and her poetry collection 'First taste' in 2010. Tiggy lives south of Brisbane with her husband, Bryden, and their children, Hamish, Claudia and Dylan.

A. Frances Johnson lives on the Bellarine Peninsula. She lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne and is associate editor at Whitmore Press. Her poetry has appeared in Motherlode: Australian Women’s Poetry 1986–2008 and Best Australian Poems (2009, 2010, 2011). The Pallbearer’s Garden (Whitmore Press) was published in 2008 and The Wind-up Birdman of Moorabool Street (Puncher and Wattmann) received the 2012 Michel Wesley Wright Prize.

Suzanne Jones loves to weave words via a tapestry of spoken word narratives and music. Two time finalist in the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup, winner of the National Poetry Week Open Mic Championship (2006), finalist in the QPF Poetry Slam (2006); she has been published in the likes of Going Down Swinging, Page Seventeen, Black Mail Press, Cottonmouth, and Spoken in One Strange Word; she has also featured at the Queensland Poetry Festival, WordFood at Woodford Folk Festival, and the Australian Poetry Slam.