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…
Australian Ravens
Australian ravens is a book of mourning, celebration, family, misgiving, lies and caution. The three long poems in this book, ‘Broken’, ‘Not being in…
Select Episodes from the Mr Farmhand Series
Follow the adventures of Mr Farmhand as he negotiates a rural existence in New Jersey, staving o ff the attentions of Mavis Eggwhistle, staying one…
A House By the River
A House by the River journeys through the six years Diane Fahey lived with her mother, Patricia, as her carer, and ends at a…
Happy Avatar
When William Blake meets Hello Kitty there’s bound to be sparks. Happy Avatar transports the reader into a mingled reality of sampled voices, incongruous…
Bunratty
“Duncan Hose treads the lesser-known path of maverick Australian poets such as Norman Talbot, John Watson and Javant Biarujia—that is, like all good must-read…
A Caterpillar on the Leaf
For most of his long publishing career, Rae Desmond Jones’ poetry has specialised in precisely observed social and political phenomena. People and their often anti-social impulses…
