HEAT is an international Australian literary magazine published by Giramondo Publishing, an independent publisher based at Western Sydney University.
History
HEAT has been produced in three distinct series. The first was first published in July 1996, with an initial series of 15 issues that ran until 2000. A second series of 24 issues began in 2001 and ended in 2011. A third series commenced publication in February 2022.
Staff
The first two series of HEAT were edited by Ivor Indyk and designed by Toni Hope-Catten and Harry Williamson. The third series is edited by Alexandra Christie and designed by Jenny Grigg.
Notable contributors have included Aravind Adiga, Roberto Bolaño, Murray Bail, John Berger, Brian Castro, Inga Clendinnen, Helen Garner, Gail Jones, Etgar Keret, David Malouf, Les Murray, Dorothy Porter, Charles Simic, Susan Sontag, Paul Virilio, Eliot Weinberger, and Tim Winton.