About

Since its first appearance in July 1996, the Australian international literary magazine HEAT has been received enthusiastically by readers, and applauded in the press for the quality of its writing, and its outstanding design.

Now in its second series, HEAT is published from the Writing & Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney, and shares its commitment to contemporary literary and publishing, the accessible and interesting presentation of scholarly research, and a wide-ranging exploration of the social power of writing.

As both a magazine and a book, HEAT is designed to travel, across academic boundaries, across literary categories, across languages and cultures. It offers variety in a single volume, poetry and fiction, essays and reviews, art and photography. It rewards concentrated reading at a single sitting.

HEAT is a fully refereed journal, and essential to the presentation of creative writing as a field of research in the academy. It is also a featured journal of the Australia Council for the Arts initiative Literary Magazines Australia

The new series HEAT is edited by Ivor Indyk and designed by Harry Williamson. The HEAT website is designed and updated by Jessie Lymn. HEAT is supported by the Literature Fund of the Australia Council, Sydney Grammar School and Arts NSW.