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A Shooting Star Explodes in the Night
Mallory hesitated at the shore end of the pier, watching Gwen’s silhouette watching the sunset at the edge. She pattered across the wood,...
May 17, 2025


The Ultimate Guide to Moving House Without Losing Your Mind
Ever torn your hair out while moving house? Editorial Assistant Vanessa Bland empathises. One week ago, I sat on my bed surrounded by a...
May 16, 2025


History of the Phoenix
Deputy Editor Kayleigh Greig recaps the mythical origins of the phoenix. A bird that bursts into flames and rises once more from the...
May 16, 2025


He’s Back: Trump’s First 24 Hours in Office and What it Spells for the Country
News Section Editor Chantelle Mackintosh summarises the first day of Donald Trump’s return as President of the United States. Overview On...
May 16, 2025


City of Angels now City of Ashes
Editor in Chief Beth Nicholls covers the raging inferno that decimated Southern California this January. Seven ferocious wildfires burnt...
May 16, 2025


Popular MQ Campus Eateries
Looking for a place to eat or grab a much needed dose of caffeine between classes? Editor in Chief Beth Nicholls reveals the best...
May 15, 2025


NIC’S FLIX: Memoir of a Snail: A Remarkable Story Worth Telling
Repeat Offenders Section Editor Nic Chang reviews Adam Elliot’s sophomore feature, Memoir of a Snail (2024), the latest triumph in...
Apr 10, 2025
You Are Here: Blacktown
Repeat Offenders editorial assistant, Chantelle Mackintosh, reflects on Blacktown, the years of change it has undergone, and what lies...
Apr 10, 2025
Soundtrack to the Greatest Years: Songs That Defined My College Memories
Repeat Offenders editorial assistant Vidyani Wanigasekera lists and delves into the songs that best defined her time at college. 1.Double...
Apr 10, 2025


POP CULTURE REWIND: Fuck the Haters of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Editor-in-Chief Clara Kristanda talks to Arctic Monkeys listeners, in defence of 2018’s horrible new sound. I’m not sorry for my words,...
Apr 10, 2025
GRAPEY BOOK CLUB: Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo is a Masterwork
Repeat Offenders Section Editor Nic Chang returns with another Grapey Book Club article to review Sally Rooney’s latest novel Intermezzo...
Apr 10, 2025
Made-Up Memories
Nirvana Prasad captures the nebulous memories we aren’t quite sure of. What does it mean to remember? A simple Google search tells me...
Apr 10, 2025
Fresh Pages and Faded Minds
Section Editor Kayleigh Greig reviews themes of dementia in the novel The Secrets of The Huon Wren while reflecting on the life of her...
Apr 10, 2025
déjà vu
Sophia Kearns ponders the significance of the unsettling overtake of déja vu: a blessing or a curse? Sometimes, when I look into his eyes...
Apr 10, 2025
Ala-ala
Daniela De Vera stitches together moments and memories, items and places in a personal reverie. It reminds me of the person I once was:...
Apr 10, 2025
The Enduring Sin
No one cared about the cold and fog that came in that night. It was the dead of winter and fog often drifted down from the lighthouse,...
Apr 10, 2025
M-Extractor-5000
What happens to memories once a person dies? Well, in the past, they would disappear. But now, with our newest and most innovative...
Apr 10, 2025
Known By Fingertips; An Elegy In Seasons
You can trace history through the coming and going of leaves. The tree out front draped like arms over the roof. Oak or sycamore or...
Apr 10, 2025
Friendship Beads
We were sisters before we became cousins. My lifetime could be spent counting summers by the beads of the bracelets we made and by the...
Apr 10, 2025
The Era of Teen Dystopia
Join Editorial Assistant Niamh McGonnell-Hall as she takes us through the iconic period of teen-dystopian film Teen dystopia has many...
Apr 10, 2025
Sometimes I daydream
The sweet Sarah Sol embarks on a whimsical journey through a young woman’s portrait and discovers her many secrets. Vintage glass...
Apr 10, 2025
Grapeshot acknowledges the Wallumattagal clan, of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and meet. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed, and would like to pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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