This edition contains up to the minute news on puppet festivals in Dordrecht and Evora with advance notice of Skipton Puppet Festival (Oct 09) and the Suspense Festival in London (Nov 09). John Dudley features his unique miniature exhibition of puppet history in stamps and Alan Lecucq is interviewed about "A Life in Paper" and his involvement in contemporary toy theatre. Features include Nenagh Watson on "The Influence of Japanese Puppet Theatre on a British Puppeteer" and Anne-Laure Futin on "When Object Becomes Actor". Chris Abbott writes on Puppets in Taiwan and there are the usual informative sections dedicated to book reviews, performance reviews and a forthcoming diary of national and international events. A4 b/w glossy format,42 b/w photos, p.28.