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Dear Salt reader.

I arrived in Melbourne four months ago. At that time I was confidently looking forward to meeting a lot of Salt writers, and discovering how poetry in Australia was evolving.

Now I have only two weeks left. I feel that my task hasn’t quite taken off.

Unfortunately, the week that I decided to begin [...]

I’m sitting on the steps of Federation Square, flicking through the pages of my notebook. Dark clouds lower upon me and the rain begins. The sizeable scattering of tourists and students dwindles as they attempt to escape the downpour.

I spot a man walking into the Time Out cafe. He has a walking stick and [...]

What do you say to an author when you’re not quite sure what’s going on?

Back in the Fulbourn office, everyone has been busy dispatching orders and doing their best to save the business. I feel a little guilty being so far away, unable to get my hands dirty with packaging and taking calls.

It [...]

It’s 1pm when the phone rings. ‘Hi it’s David here, how you going?’ I tell him I’m well, and explain what I’m doing in Melbourne. We talk about Salt’s financial troubles, and he seems a little surprised at how bad it is. I tell him we hope to pull through, and that some new ideas [...]

Geoff Lemon – Photo by Michael Reynolds

It’s a quiet Tuesday evening. A man walks out of the noodle bar, cars drift past, and the remaining city workers arrive home late once more. In the upstairs room of a south Melbourne bar a small, black lectern waits nervously. Red walls and sporadic seating emerge as the [...]

I’m Lee. I’ve been working at Salt for a while now. But the Fulbourn office has finally got the better of me.

Rainy tea-drinking mornings, Chris and Jen’s excessive coffee-making demands, and a less-than-dependable wireless connection forced me to consider extending the Salt empire to a more exotic location.

I’m in Melbourne for the next four months. [...]