Triptych
The politesse of Twelfth Century ballades and rondeaux, rendered with a view to accuracy in assonance; the politic egotism of Benjamin Constant and Germaine…
A William Maidment Garland
A Garland for William Maidment is a collection of poems and prose pieces which celebrate and memorialize the life of Bill Maidment (1924-2005), a…
Neat Snakes
Like many poets, Martin Langford has long been intrigued by the genre of aphorism. The neat snakes collected here have been compiled over many…
The Feather Boy
I’d love to offer a tightly-themed book, but this is not it – it touches on many concerns and interests. The times demand it…
Look at the Lake
These poems were written across 2016 when Kevin Brophy was living in the remote community of Mulan, home to the Walmajarri speaking custodians of…
Towards Light & Other Poems
To the vanishing point where light will expand/where light wants the eye to go (“Towards Light”) Light, as a physical and metaphorical entity recurs…
Rendition for Harp and Kalashnikov
Finalist for the 2018 Melbourne Prize for Literature. This new collection extends themes taken up in The Wind-up Birdman of Moorabool Street (2012). Environmental…
semi
The poems in semi are a variety show of experimental forms and more traditional lyrics. The persistence of memory and re-examination of history are…
A Constellation of Abnormalities
Paul Cliff’s sixth collection, consolidates and extends the range of his previous work, with diverse themes touching on popular culture, the political versus private…
How to Proceed
The essays in this mischievously titled collection, How to Proceed, are, in the author’s own words, ‘apparently offhand, informal, digressive and unashamedly personal’. Perhaps, he suggests…
