Gangway (magazine)
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Gangway is an international online literary magazine, bridging Austria and Australia. Its founder and editor in chief is Gerald Ganglbauer
, the first issue was launched in June 1996 in Sydney.
, Graz
, and Sydney
, Gangway appeared as one of the first literary journals on the internet, and has currently over 40 issues online, in both the German and the English language. The magazine has a focus on expatriates showcasing their contemporary writing, poems, short stories, and experimental prose. It also contains book reviews, interviews, and special features. Gangway is digitally archived by DILIMAG (Digitale Literaturmagazine) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and by the Australian National Library, Canberra ACT.
After launching Gangway #32 – Gangan Verlag's 20th anniversary issue, at the Literaturhaus Graz in June 2004, Gerald Ganglbauer introduced conceptual changes: Since Gangway appeared as one of the first literary journals on the internet in 1996, many more have come (and some have already gone), therefore I believe that it is imperative to create a defined niche. Hence the general focus of Gangway will be shifted from bilingual Australian and/or Austrian authors to the global community of expat writers living abroad – provided they write in – or are translated into – the English or German language. Since then themed issues were infrequently compiled by guest editors. Reviews, interviews, and special features also continued to appear from time to time. In 2009, Ganglbauer installed Twitter
updates, and the original Yahoo! Groups
writers' community was replaced by a Facebook
fan page.
, the late Jas H. Duke
, Geoffrey Gates
, Antigone Kefala
, Rudi Krausmann
, Ania Walwicz
, and from Austria Manfred Chobot, Margret Kreidl, and Erika Kronabitter, to name but a few. Gangway also first published works in translation, e.g. from Australian poet Amanda Stewart
, and Austrian poet Ingeborg Bachmann
. Some of the contemporary writers recently featured in Gangway #40 – Expatriations: The expatriate edition, were: Vahni Capildeo
, Ken Edwards
, Laurie Duggan
, Louis Armand
, and David Miller
. A complete list of all Gangway authors is maintained online.
Gerald Ganglbauer
Gerald Ganglbauer is an Austrian Australian publisher diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 48 years. Since then he has been an ambassador for Parkinson's support groups.- Life :...
, the first issue was launched in June 1996 in Sydney.
Profile
Published quarterly since 1996 in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Gangway appeared as one of the first literary journals on the internet, and has currently over 40 issues online, in both the German and the English language. The magazine has a focus on expatriates showcasing their contemporary writing, poems, short stories, and experimental prose. It also contains book reviews, interviews, and special features. Gangway is digitally archived by DILIMAG (Digitale Literaturmagazine) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and by the Australian National Library, Canberra ACT.
After launching Gangway #32 – Gangan Verlag's 20th anniversary issue, at the Literaturhaus Graz in June 2004, Gerald Ganglbauer introduced conceptual changes: Since Gangway appeared as one of the first literary journals on the internet in 1996, many more have come (and some have already gone), therefore I believe that it is imperative to create a defined niche. Hence the general focus of Gangway will be shifted from bilingual Australian and/or Austrian authors to the global community of expat writers living abroad – provided they write in – or are translated into – the English or German language. Since then themed issues were infrequently compiled by guest editors. Reviews, interviews, and special features also continued to appear from time to time. In 2009, Ganglbauer installed Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
updates, and the original Yahoo! Groups
Yahoo! Groups
Yahoo! Groups is one of the world’s largest collections of online discussion boards. The term Groups refers to Internet communication which is a hybrid between an electronic mailing list and a threaded Internet forum, in other words, Group messages can be read and posted by e-mail or on the Group's...
writers' community was replaced by a Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
fan page.
Authors
Amongst hundreds of published authors are the Australians Michael CraneMichael Crane (writer)
Michael Crane is a widely published Australian poet, writer and compere of poetry events in Melbourne.Born in Brisbane in 1961, Michael moved to Melbourne at age 18. He has been an active member of Melbourne's poetry scene, performing in many open poetry readings from 1989 to 1991...
, the late Jas H. Duke
Jas H. Duke
Jas Heriot Duke was a cult figure in the Australian performance poetry scene. He worked much of his life in Melbourne Board of Works and began writing poetry in 1966. He was influenced by Dada, Expressionism and experimental movements...
, Geoffrey Gates
Geoffrey Gates
Geoffrey Gates was born in Sydney in 1968 and has lived in Australia, England and Germany.He is the author of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion, a novel about a young man named Carlos who disappears after reading the work of fictitious Mexican writer Eduardo Maranda...
, Antigone Kefala
Antigone Kefala
Antigone Kefala is a contemporary Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage. She has also been a teacher, and a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council....
, Rudi Krausmann
Rudi Krausmann
Rudi Krausmann is an Austrian born Australian playwright and poet.- Life :Rudi Krausmann studied Economics in Vienna and worked as a journalist for the Austrian newspaper, Salzburger Nachrichten...
, Ania Walwicz
Ania Walwicz
Ania Walwicz is a contemporary Australian poet and prose writer, and visual artist.Ania Walwicz spent her childhood in Poland, coming to Australia in 1963 where she attended the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Her writing tends toward an impressionistic, stream of consciousness...
, and from Austria Manfred Chobot, Margret Kreidl, and Erika Kronabitter, to name but a few. Gangway also first published works in translation, e.g. from Australian poet Amanda Stewart
Amanda Stewart
Amanda Stewart is a contemporary Australian poet and sound/performance artist.Amanda Stewart began writing and performing poetry in the 1970s and has since produced a wide array of sound, video and multimedia work. In the 1980s she worked for ABC radio as a producer...
, and Austrian poet Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann was an Austrian poet and author.-Biography:Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of a headmaster. She studied philosophy, psychology, German philology, and law at the universities of Innsbruck, Graz, and Vienna...
. Some of the contemporary writers recently featured in Gangway #40 – Expatriations: The expatriate edition, were: Vahni Capildeo
Vahni Capildeo
Surya Vahni Priya Capildeo is a Trinidadian writer, and a member of the extended Capildeo family which has produced notable Trinidadian politicians and writers ....
, Ken Edwards
Ken Edwards
Ken Edwards is a poet, editor, writer and musician who has lived in England since 1968. He is associated with The British Poetry Revival....
, Laurie Duggan
Laurie Duggan
Laurence "Laurie" James Duggan is an Australian poet, editor, and translator.-Life:Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Monash Poetry Prize...
, Louis Armand
Louis Armand (writer)
Louis Armand is a writer, visual artist and critical theorist. Born in Sydney, he has lived in Prague since 1994 where he is director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Culture, Charles University.-Works:His poems have appeared in...
, and David Miller
David Miller (poet)
David Miller is a writer, poet, literary critic, and editor. He has lived in London since 1972.He has published over fifty books and pamphlets. His first books were The Caryatids and South London Mix , both published in 1975...
. A complete list of all Gangway authors is maintained online.
Contributing editors
- Petra Ganglbauer (Vienna). Reviews editor since 2000.
- Andrea Bandhauer (Sydney). Co-editor from 1998 to 2000.
- Lisa Fischnaller (Linz). Contributing editor from 1999 to 2003.
- Mike MarkartMike MarkartMike Markart is an Austrian author and playwright who was awarded the Würth Literaturpreis in 2001 for his radio drama Magritte.Plays :* Die Täter * Kalcher * Boulevard-Komödie...
(Styria). Contributing editor from 1999 to 2003. - Clare Moss (Sydney). Co-editor in 2001.
Guest editors
- Shane Jesse Christmass (Newcastle). Guest editor in 2002.
- Hop Dac (Newcastle). Guest editor in 2002.
- Cyril WongCyril WongCyril Wong is the author of nine volumes of poetry and one collection of prose.- Biography:Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a doctoral degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore...
(Singapore). Guest editor in 2005. - Tatjana LukićTatjana LukićTatjana Lukić was a Croatia born Australian poetry editor and poet.- Life :Tatjana Lukić was born in the former Yugoslavia where she spent her first 33 years...
(* 1959; † 2008 Canberra). Guest editor in 2005/2006. - Gabriele Pötscher (Graz). Guest editor in 2007.
- Walter Hölbling (Graz). Guest editor in 2007.
- Andrea Ghoneim-Rosenauer (Vienna/Cairo). Guest editor in 2008.
- Michael Haeflinger (Berlin). Guest editor in 2009.
- Helen Lambert (Sydney/Dublin). Guest editor in 2010.
- Andrew Madigan (Al Ain, UAE). Guest editor in 2011.
- Karin Seidner-Macke (Vienna). Guest editor in 2012.