The writing in Portside Review comes from many places with many histories, and yet, we are all mixed up, like the waves that lap and lap again on shores. Let’s get swept up in the currents and tides of the written word.

  • ISSUE FOURTEEN

    NOV 2024

    Featuring ‘Short But Deadly’ flash pieces, this issue includes Tyler Deaking-Thomas, Sabrina Dudgeon-Swift, Vivienne Cleven, Kristy Weston, Raelee Lancaster, Cindy Solonec, Vaughan Wayne, Dan Mitchell, Sharleigh Crittenden, Jason Hunter.

  • ISSUE THIRTEEN

    AUG 2024

    Featuring twelve human rights essays, this issue includes Kirsten Han, Dani Netherclift, Atul Joshi, Salil Tripathi, Elaine Pratley, Stevie Lane, Keletso Mopai, Dominic Carpio, E J Clarence, Sara Gingold, Gracia Ayni Warella and Ella T Holmes.

  • ISSUE TWELVE

    DEC 2023

    This issue features writers from all over the Indian Ocean, with pieces by Cindy Solonec, Ko Ko Thett, Janelle Koh, Taya Reid, Jerome Masamaka, Megan Cheong, Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, Casey Muller, T Banks-Vittini, Glen Hunting and more.

  • ISSUE ELEVEN

    SEP 2023

    Guest edited by Brandon K. Liew, this issue features vibrant works from Malaysian writers and creatives, including Ee Tiang Hong, Wong Phui Nam, Salleh Ben Joned, Cecil Rajendra, Wan Phing Lim, Anoora, Ray Langenbach and more.

  • ISSUE TEN

    JUN 2023

    Guest edited by John Mateer, this issue features a number of respected and loved voices from South Africa. Including Ashraf Jamal, Allan Kolsski Horwitz, Lindiwe Nkutha, Dimakatso Sedite, Sihle Ntuli, Maneo Mohale, Nick Mulgrew and more.

  • ISSUE NINE

    MAR 2023

    Guest edited by Ko Ko Thett and Christopher Lin, this issue features Burmese writers and creatives including Kenneth Wong, Thida Shania, Ni Ko Ye, K Zaw, Pyae Phyo Kyaw, San Nyein Oo, Kyae Mone Aye and more.

  • ISSUE EIGHT

    DEC 2022

    Guest edited by Sampurna Chattarji, this issue features a number of brilliant writers including Mamta Sagar, Piya Srinivasan, Pervin Saket, Goirick Brahmachari, Avner Pariat, Angshu Dasgupta, Karthika Naïr, Easterine Kire and more.

  • ISSUE SEVEN

    SEP 2022

    Featuring Paul Cleary, Tiffany Ko, Asha Rajan, Luoyang Chen, Megan Ugle, Frances An, SoulReserve, Hadiwinata, John Mateer, Daniel Hansen, Sofia Scaturro, Abbey Carson, Phoebe Lupton, Madhvi Thakur and more.

  • ISSUE SIX

    JUN 2022

    Guest edited by Cher Tan and Nina Chabra, this issue features Vinita Ramani, Kelly Wong, Bani Haykal, Vithya Subramaniam, Melissa De Silva, Marylyn Tan, Stephanie Dogfoot and more.

  • ISSUE FIVE

    MAR 2022

    Guest edited by Rain Chudori and featuring Faisal Oddang, Erni Aladjai, Rio Johan, Grey Filastine, Nova Ruth Setyaningtyas, Tiffany Tsao, Shankari Chandran, Raka Ibrahim and more.

  • ISSUE FOUR

    DEC 2021

    Featuring Nadia Rhook, Catherine Huang, Rachael Bin Salleh, Hoshang Merchant, Jenni Mazaraki, Glen Hunting, Lesh Karan, Abhimanyu Kumar, Yu-Ying Chuan, Edmund Wee, and more.

  • ISSUE THREE

    SEP 2021

    Featuring Manisha Anjali, Eileen Chong, Laurie Steed, Chris Lin, Akash Poyam, Simeon Neo, Daley Rangi, Lucy Dougan, Shenali Perera, Leah Jing McIntosh, Eunice Andrada, and more.

  • ISSUE TWO

    JUN 2021

    Featuring Emily Sun, Lily Yulianti Farid, Elizabeth Tan, Omar Sakr, Sandra Hill, Andrew Sutherland, Susan Midalia, Caitlin Maling, Priya Khalon, Elfie Shiosaki, Minh Bui Jones, Rashida Murphy, and more.

  • ISSUE ONE

    MAR 2021

    Featuring Kim Cheng Boey, Ko Ko Thett, Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Cher Tan, Luisa Mitchell, Alexander Te Pohe, John Mateer, Josephine Clarke, Afeif Ismail, Kirli Saunders, Alf Taylor, Dennis Haskell and more.