The Oblong Plot
Moving nimbly between the granular and the broad view, The Oblong Plot, Chris Andrews’ third collection, takes in paint splotches on a sawhorse and…
Tight Bindings
With unflinching honesty and lyrical precision, Tight Bindings grapples with embodied experiences and moments of transition. Birth, death, sex, illness, desire, and motherhood are…
Anatomy of Voice
What is a voice? In this book-length poem, (which starts in a manner reminiscent of Beckett’s Company), the isness of voice is its central…
Infantilisms
Infantilisms concerns the work of serious culture, which for the philosopher Charles Fourier (the presiding spirit here) is deathly. Infantilism, by contrast, is the…
Axolotl Waltz
i’d be lying if i was telling the truth In axolotl waltz, Nathan Shepherdson steers a rusty trolley with its wobbly wheel as he…
I’ve Been Called Away
An uncompromising avant-gardist when young, Chester wrote brilliant poetry and strongly influenced younger friends he mentored. The names of some of them – Robert…
Alchemy of the Sun
Alchemy of the Sun is a book about journeys. Sent to “open up the country”, ignorant of Aboriginal strategies for coping with the terrain…
High Spirits
“Paul Mitchell has a deep love of the human condition and celebrates it with warm, witty,wise and wonderful words. He peers deeply into the…
Sanctuaries
Diane Fahey builds on an already rich body of poetry about birds with this fresh tribute to their exquisite intelligence, grace and splendour as…
The Horizon Shifts Sideways
The Horizon Shifts Sideways has arisen out of the poet’s deep engagement with the observed world. Her work displays an informed curiosity about the…
