A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon
Joanna Hershon has released her fourth novel, A Dual Inheritance. We love the book, and it has received wonderful reviews (links below). In addition to her other novels Swimming, The Outside…
Claire Messud at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
Those of us who live in the southern hemisphere – and can find a way to Sydney for a few days – are in for a treat. Claire Messud will…
Open Field Issue Two
Download Open Field Issue Two here from the iTunes Appstore. The photograph above is by Stephanie Schuster, one of the thirty contributors to Open Field Issue Two. Proceeds of this…
Featured contributor: Anne Summers
Anne Summers is an Australian writer, journalist and the author of the new book The Misogyny Factor. So far, so impressive. What you may not know is this (take a…
Capturing Beauty
Dawn E. O’Day is an American photographer based in Kyoto. We asked to include her in the second issue of Open Field because her work has such a poetic quality,…
Featured contributor: Elif Shafak
Turkish novelist Elif Shafak is the subject of an excellent article in The Independent (Elif Shafak: ‘Fear is a very dangerous thing’, 13 April 2013). In the article, Shafak talks about…
Sally Seltmann’s ‘Harmony To My Heartbeat’
In case you missed it 2010, here’s one our favourite Sally Seltmann tracks, ‘Harmony To My Heartbeat’. Sally was a contributor to the first issue of Open Field, sharing the story of…
Lucy McRae’s Swallowable Parfum
Amsterdam-based Lucy McRae is an incredible body artist who allowed us to feature some of her photographs in our first issue. Lucy recently launched her latest creation: Swallowable Parfum.
Featured contributor: Irina Popova
After you look at Russian photographer Irina Popova’s stunning work in our second issue we think you’ll want to know more. Irina started taking photos when she was sixteen years…
Featured contributor: Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan is unquestionably one of Australia’s most beloved actors. She is also a talented producer, director and writer. We are grateful she agreed to speak with us for the…