Turbulence: Climate Change and the Design of Complexity
Complex issues, like climate change, defy simple presentation and simplistic response. But their worst enemy, according to Turbulence, is a fear of complexity. Paul Carter…
Anonymous of Troy
Following a long creative practice of the sonnet (La Leçon d’Otilia, 1995), Anonymous of Troy inaugurates a new exploration of doubleness and overlay in…
The Ladder
The Ladder is Simon West’s third collection of poetry, and his first in four years. Many earlier preoccupations return—the natural environment, Italian art, the…
Heart Starter
Heart Starter is John Tranter’s twenty-fourth book of poems. It is made up of three parts: some poems related to The Best of the…
Porch Light
“In the poem ‘Nuclear’, after stating ‘… Nothing is ever obvious or contained’, Ivy Ireland asks, ‘How can I write / a lyric poem…
Penelope’s Chairs
Elizabeth Lawson has been an abiding and important presence in Australian Literature, particularly Australian Women’s Literature, for many years. This collection makes available, for…
Cut a Long Story Short
“In Cut a Long Story Short Lach-Newinsky creates a resonant and lucid rave, a memoir that subverts and extends the genre, while waging a…
terra bravura
Shortlisted for the 2016 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. Terra Bravura, began as short text messages sent to David Musgrave from the desert on…
Asymmetries
Asymmetries is a collection of short stories and flash fiction which pieces together indistinct impressions and allusions to gradually create a sense of continuity.…
Babel Fish
Jillian Pattinson’s first full-length book of poetry includes portrait, lyrical, narrative and ekphrastic poems in free verse and novel forms. It won the 2010…
