Featuring the works of over thirty authors, artists, arts and cultural historians, from around the world and across urban and regional Australia, the inaugural issue of Arts Features International literary journal, addresses themes of artistic, social, cultural and technological change, in a time of major historical evolutionary transition. From the displacement and shock of transitioning from the ‘private’ timeless zone of writing to the public zone of ‘virtual reality’ and publishing via computer, to social media and digital arts production arises the need to gather together to defend our humanity, and environment, and speak in a polyphony individually together. With works by: Richard James Allen, Christopher Barnett, Behrouz Boochani, Christen Clifford, Paloma Concierta, Fan Dongwang, Elizabeth Farrelly, Elizabeth Gertsakis, Jeremy Gluck, Michael Gormly, Ghassan Hage, Ying Huang, Karen Kennedy, Ramon Loyola, Philip Mann, Rhyll McMaster, Luciano Prisco, John Queripel, Ruth Skilbeck, Maxim Skilbeck-Porter, Ella Skilbeck-Porter, Suellen Symons, Lâle Teoman, Anne Tsoulis, Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, The Carbon Manual, Natasha Williams, Kenneth Wolman, Leisa Woodman, William Yang, Wang Zhyuan. And interviews by Ruth Skilbeck with: Mary Kelly and Kelly Barrie; Anne Tsoulis and Christopher Barnett. ISSN: 2209 - 8933 (print) www.borderstreambooks.com.au