Puncher & Wattmann Summer Reading Recommendations
Looking for something to read this summer? Check out these sensational Puncher & Wattmann titles! 1. Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As…
Esther Ottaway’s ‘She Doesn’t Seem Autistic’ Featured in Hobart Mercury + Book Launch!
Fantastic to see this feature on Esther Ottaway and her new poetry collection ‘She Doesn’t Seem Autistic‘ in the Hobart Mercury! Catch the double…
Michael Winkler’s ‘Grimmish’ Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award
Huge congratulations to Michael Winkler, whose novel ‘Grimmish’ has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award! #MFLA2022 Get your copy of this great…
Michael Winkler in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘No one would publish my novel, and now it’s up for the Miles Franklin.’
We’re very happy to be the publisher who saw the value in this fine, wild ride of a book. Read the article here
Anthologies and the visibility of the poem
One of the impulses behind putting the anthology together was the sense that it was becoming increasingly difficult for good poetry to become visible.…
What might an anthology of the future look like?
What might an anthology of the future look like? What do changes in the nature of the space the poem is written for imply…
Poetry and the Anxieties of the Narrative
One way of thinking of the material of the poem – and I’m being a little idiosyncratic here, so I don’t want to accuse…
Free Verse in 2017
One feature of the period covered by the anthology – easy to overlook, it’s so obvious – is the quality of the free verse…
Brandis mistakes taxpayer money for personal slush fund
The Yarts minister's raid on the Australia Council may satisfy two Liberal groups – traditionalists who like glitzy opening nights, opera and ballet, and…
On not knowing
On not knowing In December I responded to remarks by Fairfax book critic Andrew Riemer concerning Lionel G Fogarty’s poem in the Best Australian Poems…