Blog posts about the new anthology
Martin Langford, one of the editors of the new P&W anthology Contemporary Australian Poetry, is our current guest blogger. In 'Anthologies and the visibility…
Launch of a comprehensive new anthology
Contemporary Australian Poetry Edited by Martin Langford, Judith Beveridge, Judy Johnson and David Musgrave. Surveying the work of the past 25 years. To be…
Praise for Philip Salom’s new novel Waiting
According to Stephen Romei in his Ragged Claws column, a queue was lining up to review Waiting for the Weekend Australian. A very positive…
Dennis Greene’s ‘Here Be Dragons’
A perfect day for Greene’s Dragons A warm sunny afternoon at the shady Tropical Grove in the campus of the University of Western Australia…
Launch by John Watson of Ground by Martin Langford
Ground by Martin Langford A meditation on Australian spaces Puncher and Wattmann warmly invites you to the launch of Martin Langford’s first book of poetry since…
Launch by Kate Lilley of John Tranter’s Heart Starter, 101 New Poems 2015
Date and time: Sunday the 5th of July, 2015, 2.30pm for 3-5pm Venue: First Floor, Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, 405 Crown Street, Sydney Surry…
Vanishing Point wins US stage adaption
Vanishing Point, a crossover verse novel by Jeri Kroll, has been adapted for the stage in the United States at George Washington University and was one…
2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: P&W titles shortlisted
Andy Kissane’s Radiance and Jill Jones’ The Beautiful Anxiety have been shortlisted for the poetry section of the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. From the…
Jill Jones wins 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for poetry
A huge congratulations to Jill Jones whose book The Beautiful Anxiety was the worthy winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for poetry. Congratulations too…
Melbourne Christmas Party 2014
The Puncher and Wattmann Christmas party was held on Sunday December 14th, at the North Fitzroy Arms Hotel, 296 Rae Street. Alterworld by Philip…