CENTRE STAGE Maria Majsa
Our latest Centre Stage column shines the light on New Zealand writer Maria Majsa.
Black Saturday stories
The Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia on 7 February 2009 killed 174 people. These four stories include two by Stephen Andrew, who survived that day.
Disorder by Joy Division. Story by Maria Majsa
Maria Majsa 93 Edgewater Drive, Pakuranga, February 1982 It was right after the funeral that things began to happen… the lights cut out and the music drained away like water leaving a sink.
Passover by Joy Division. A Black Saturday story by Stephen Andrew.
Stephen Andrew St Andrews, Victoria, 2 April 2009 Inside the music I am offered something like the grace I am going to need if I am to rise again tomorrow and face the fire-blackened landscape of my town.
Shadowplay by Joy Division
Dips O’Donnell Teenage bedroom, Montmorency, early 1980s. The song powered on. It touched everything in the room. Even Clint shifted his stance.