Big Ish Shorts!
It was difficult. So many amazing submissions came in for this year’s Big Issue fiction edition. But co-editors Jo Case and Melissa Cranenburgh finally managed to pare down 200 submissions to the final six.
The authors selected in the open submissions category are: Laura Jean McKay, Nic Low, Josephine Rowe, Krissy Kneen, Catherine Harris and Emma Schwarcz. The edition will also feature commissioned stories from Frank Moorhouse, Nick Earls, Charlotte Wood, Chris Womersley, Peggy Frew and Amanda Lohrey.
With a whopping 16 extra …
Home truths
In 2008, the federal government set a target: halve homelessness by 2020 and offer supported accommodation to all rough sleepers who need it. More than three years on, what has changed? Who has benefited? Who is still slipping through the cracks? Michael Green finds some very human perspectives amid the complex housing landscape.
Also in this issue:
Alan Attwood and Sophie Quick talk hunting hats, odd-glamour and Holden on the 60th birthday of The Catcher in the Rye; Tom Hawking takes a …
The Big Quiz!
How closely have you been paying attention to The Big Issue this year? If you’ve spent every spare moment memorising our feature stories, editorials and contents pages, you’ll have a major advantage in our first Big Quiz! This epic quiz comprises 69 questions – all of which have been drawn from this year’s Big Issues. Those scoring fewer than 35 correct answers need to try harder; anyone scoring 60 or above should get out more.
Also in this issue:
Elmo Keep sinks …
Farewell Harry!
As the final Harry Potter film – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – hits the cinemas, we examine the bespectacled boy wizard’s legacy. Daniel Radcliffe talks fame, fortune and spectacles; Angus Attwood describes growing up with Harry; and Sophie Quick explains why, in her book, talking animals will always trump wizards.
Also in this issue:
Lindy Burns explains why public transport still moves her; true-crime writer Liz Porter discovers that real-life heroes are better than cop show cut-outs; Mic …
Big, Strong…and Vegetarian
How much truth is there to the stereotype of the weak vegetarian crusading for animal rights and occasionally fainting from lack of iron? Rebecca Butterworth debunks the myths about a plant-based diet.
Also in this issue:
As the world turns to digital cameras, photojournalist Steve McCurry takes the last roll of Kodachrome slide film on a farewell tour; Anna Krien talks to author Jay Griffiths about her fictionalised retelling of the passionate life of Frida Kahlo; after grappling with literary …
SPACED OUT
Fifty years ago, the race to the moon began. America won, but then what happened? Alan Attwood explains.
Also in this issue:
Dr Tanya Hill, Curator of Astronomy at Melbourne Planetarium, describes how space exploration has added to our view of the universe; in ‘God’s Astronomer’ Brother Guy Consolmagno talks about what it’s like to be a scientist in the Vatican; The Big Issue’s Music Editor Clem Bastow punctures some of the hate and hype surrounding the rise of a pop star
in …
Fire, Water, Wind
A firsthand account of three of Australia’s recent natural disasters, from photographer Andrew Quilty.
Also in this issue:
Ruth McIver delves into the anxious world of sexual health with ‘At the Clinic’; Thomas Caldwell talks about the past and future of sex in cinema with ‘Lights, Camera, Action’; Tyler Jefferson delivers the facts on science fiction in print with ‘Science Works’; ‘That Was It’ by Adam Curley catches up with the Strokes 10 years on; and photographer Melanie Faith Dove’s ‘Roving …
Meet Mia
The Big Issue Edition 376
Rising Australian star Mia Wasikowska on acting’s Eyres and graces, working with director Gus Van Sant and growing up in Canberra.
Also in this issue:
Every two years Adelaide becomes a ‘Celluloid City’ as the Film Festival reels through town; Sue Jackson talks about the disappearance of the humble bee, and what’s being done about it; artist James Cochran gets to the heart of street life; and ‘Roving Eye’ exposes the crumbling beauty of vacant shops on Sydney’s …
All a Twitter
The Big Issue Edition 375
Celebrities might do it far too often, but tweets have also helped report on disasters and topple regimes. Ginger Briggs examines how the Twitter revolution is changing the world.
Also in this issue:
Emily Blunt talks about clever sci-fi and her latest film, The Adjustment Bureau; singer Darren Hanlon riffs on touring, song writing and being labelled an urban-folk singer; Patrick Witton hitches onto an idea that could help ease traffic; and Roving Eye looks at the moving …
Ad Man
The Big Issue Edition 366
The 1960s are back in style, thanks to hit TV show Mad Men and its leading man, actor Jon Hamm.
Also in this issue:
The funny side of fighting Burma’s military junta in ‘A Meeting With the Moustache Brothers’; photographer Rodney Dekker discusses his exhibition portraying the human cost of climate change in ‘Holding Back the Tide’; Gareth Liddiard, frontman of the Drones, talks about his solo album in ‘Off His Chest’; director Sean Byrne tells about his …
