Staples (zine)

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Staples is a no-nonsense zine based in Adelaide, Australia. It features short stories, poetry and critical essays and each edition is sold for $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.

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.

1 Past Editions
2 Covers
3 Staff
4 External links

[edit] Past Editions

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Edition 6 (November 2006)

MISCELLANEOUS

"A Coracle" by TOM CONOBOY
"For Various Movie Directors" by KEN BOLTON
"2.30" by KEN BOLTON
"Hot M" by SCOTT-PATRICK MITCHELL
"Vertical Alignment of Lettering" by SCOTT-PATRICK MITCHELL
"Letter to Lena 2" by JOHN EGAN
"Early Spring" by JOHN EGAN
"The Miscarriage" by JESSIKA TONG
"The Love Bird" by JESSIKA TONG
"Tarm Street" by RICHARD LAUR
"One-Eyed" by ROBERT VERDON
"Echoes and Reflections" by JEANNE SQUIRES
"Beach Walk" by NICOLA EASTHOPE

[edit] Best of Editions 1 to 3 (December 2006)

This is a special edition made for new subscribers, and takes the editor's top picks from the first three editions.

POETRY

"Things to Say" by KEN BOLTON
"I Do A Drawing" by KEN BOLTON
"Punctured" by TOM CROWHURST
"Impressions of a Neglected Home" by JOHN DE LAINE
"Manuscript" by JOHN DE LAINE
"Dead Rabbit" by LED HELMUT
"Prophylaxis (or A Game Of Chess)" by LED HELMUT
"Staples" by CATH KENNEALLY

STORIES

"Twenty Accessories You Can't Live Without" by MOYA COSTELLO
"The Sound of the Fury" by EMMETT STINSON
"Chickens" by MONICA STASIAK
"Arts on Sunday" by KRISTY DENNIS

NON-FICTION

"The Scream: Forces of the Past and Premonitions of the Future" by WAYNE CRISTAUDO
"Document6" by RACHEL HENNESSY
"Escaping Adorno's 'Do-it-Yourself' Prophecy" by MATTHEW LORENZON

[edit] Edition 7 (January 2007)

FEWER WORDS

"George Negus’ 2000 Tomorrow" BY GRAHAM ROWLANDS
"The Uninvited Guest" by GRAHAM ROWLANDS
"The Gold Finch Wind" by JOHN MILLETT
"Two Sides to a River" by JOHN MILLETT
"Her Ashes" by GRAHAM NUNN
"1 - 1 = 0" by ROBERT VERDON
"February" by CAROLYN VAN LANGENBERG
"Over the Shoalhaven" by JOHN EGAN
"Idea for a Story" by CAROLYN VAN LANGENBERG
" " by MARK STRANDQUIST

MORE WORDS

"My Book of Fables, Chapter Nine: Unicorns Revisited" by HEATHER TAYLOR JOHNSON
"Thieve’s Suite" By RONNIE SCOTT
"Mother of Mine" by JOHN MILLETT

[edit] Covers

Edition No.	Covers
Edition 1
Edition 2
Edition 3
Edition 4	Variant A Variant B Variant C Variant D
Edition 5	Variant A Variant B Variant C
Edition 6	Variant A Variant B
Edition 7	Variant A Variant B