In Poetry Analysis, How to Write Your Sentences?

As students of poetry, we do know what are entailed in writing a poetry analysis. Our sentences should include poetic … More

Joan Phillip Launches FourW 29

The Father Former academic, poet and short story writer Joan Phillip launches volume 29 of FourW Journal of New Writing … More

Andy Kissane Reads His Poem ‘Sacrifice’

Sacrifice Andy Kissane reads his poem ‘Sacrifice’ at the 2018 launch of FourW 29 in Gleebooks, Sydney. Andy Kissane lives … More

‘The Australian Dream’ for the Australian Classroom

Editor’s note: This film review first appeared in ‘Word’s Worth’ the official publication of the English Teachers Association of Queensland, … More

Alice in Wonderland, the Book or the Movie?

Erwin Cabucos argues for the preference of the movie over the book. Many readers of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel Alice’s … More

How To Analyse a Visual Text?

What are the techniques used in analysing a visual text? Erwin Cabucos lists important areas which affect the meaning of … More

Shaun Tan’s ‘The Rabbits’ as a Postcolonial and Poststructural Text

In this essay, Erwin Cabucos analyses John Marden’s and Shaun Tan’s picture book for older readers ‘The Rabbits’ in the … More

Stereotypes in the Short Film ‘Be My Brother’

Why desire to fit in when we can stand out, writes Sarah Cabucos. Clay-Smith’s short film Be My Brother(2009) is certainly … More

How To Write a Poem Analysis?

Author Erwin Cabucos proposes a good way to write your poem analytical essay. How should you construct your introduction, body … More

The Theme of Sacrifice in ‘Narnia: the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’

In analysing the meaning of the CS Lewis’ first Narnia book, Erwin Cabucos discusses the redemptive fruit of love and … More