Landfall 216
Utopias

Guest edited by Tim Corballis

Publication date: 24 November 2008

Publishers Association of New Zealand Best Review Pages 2009 finalist

• New poetry and fiction by a wide range of writers
• Diverse take on Utopias!
• Publishes the joint winners of the Landfall Essay Competition 2008
• Announces the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award 2008
• Colour portfolios by photographers Fiona Amundsen and Theo Schoon

What’s Inside

To think about utopias is to think about history – as the messy accumulation of partly realised visions of the future, rather than a sequence of events. Traces of these visions – colonial, socialist and economic projects – can be found in our cities and communities, our by-laws, and between the pages of books. Landfall 216 sets out to remind us of them. What settler made landfall without the least thought of utopia, big or small, new society or new life? Have these ideals failed, or do they live on? What price do they come at, and who ends up paying that price?

This issue will take us to places that might be, or might have been: Seoul and Carterton, the suburbs of Auckland and the cities of East Germany, as well as other places that are not easily located on a map.

Poetry: Emma Barnes Janet Charman Bill Direen Emily Dobson David Eggleton Alice Miller Chris Price Lisa Samuels Kirsten Warner Fiction: Cassandra Barnett Anthony Byrt Kate Duignan Essays/Commentary: Fleur Adcock Martin Edmond Carla Harryman John Horrocks Alice Miller Gregory O’Brien Chamsy el-Ojeili Damian Skinner Anthony Stones Kirsten Warner Barrett Watten The Landfall Review: Nick Ascroft Anthony Byrt Paul Hanson Margaret Mahy Harry Ricketts Iain Sharp Kim Worthington Artwork: Fiona Amundsen Theo Schoon Ri Williamson

Review Quotes

‘This is the little magazine that always produces great issues packed with fine writing. The writing is highly readable, sometimes controversial, but never dull. True to its founder, it still offers a glimpse of new talent while providing a platform for established critics and poets alike – Brasch, I have no doubt, would approve.’ – Canvas, Weekend Herald, 31 January 2009

Editor

Tim Corballis is a fiction writer with an interest in people and place. His three novels Below (2001), Measurement (2002), and The Fossil Pits (2005) explore related themes. He is a graduate of Victoria University’s Creative Writing Programme and held the 2005 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency.

Literature/Art/Culture
Paperback, 215 x 165 mm, 208 pp, illustrated
ISBN 978 1 877372 95 7 , $29.95