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This book argues that there is a great deal more to our clothing than the communication of social messages. It concludes that human dress is as much about the being of the wearer as it is about the communication of social indicators. Michael Carter is based at the University of Sydney.

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Poems that exlore the nexus between sport and war, probing the nature of aggression and conflict through the consequences that are etched in human lives.

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The stenographer who throws himself on the mercy of the court, the philosopher who thrusts the Samaritan under the train in defence of his theory of morals, are all at the end of their rope. The personal catastrophes catalogued in the reports, anecdotes, aphorisms and parables that make up Proofs are without exception in the nature of things.

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The poems in Regulator reveal an observant eye and an acute ear; the language is evocative, precise and sensuous. There are poems of the natural world, bristling with death and transformation, and of the everyday/dangerous laboratory. Australian author.

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A frighteningly realistic portrait of political power, with a cast of figures all too familiar to the reader: self-serving career politicians, kingmakers, traitors and the betrayed, the corrupt and the stupid, the power-hungry, the good and the bad. Author is based at UQ.

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A wild ride across language, personalities and propositions that is ultimately about hope. Australian author.

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This book of poems recounts Kerry Leves' experiences in India over many years of travelling. It is also a tribute to the legendary Lata Mangeshkar, singer of thousands of songs for Indian films since the 1940s.

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Six years in the making, Signal Flare showcases many of Lawrence's hallmark stylistic flourishes: arresting inner music, dramatic clarity, and imagery. Signal Flare is Lawrence's fourteenth collection of poems and contains his finest work to date. Australian author.

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Philip Hammial's 21st collection of poetry.

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Sunset on Santorini is a poetic account of a trip by the poet to the island of Santorini. At times spiritually profound, funny and satirical, David Foster offers us a kind of 4/4 bluesy riff on the fate of the modern soul in 21st century Australia.

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Superette's speaker assumes the guise of an audacious flaneuse with a practiced eye for detail. A combination of Dorothy Parker wit, burlesque, and punk, this citizen stylist observes urban life anew. The collection pulsates with sneaky beats and sharp observations of latent and not-so-latent fantasies.

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David Foster reflects that during the course of his life the monasteries have emptied while the gaols are doing nicely. Set in Goulburn and its surrounds, where Foster resides, The Contemptuary is a lament for a dying faith, a commentary on prison life and, perhaps unexpectedly from Foster in this, his sixteenth novel, an unputdownable whodunnit.

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As the title of this book suggests, these poems are concerned with the way in which language can thicken our experience, even as that experience becomes attenuated through age and through an increasing distance from a complex and alienating modern urban environment.

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They are ordinary people flawed, slightly kilter trying to work out what's real.

The characters in This Person Is Not That Person include mismatched flatmates, long married couples, and mothers and daughters all dealing with the fallout, fractures and misunderstandings of human relationships.

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Bruce Dawe has received wide recognition as Australias most popular poet, his books often being set for study at secondary and tertiary levels. Slo-Mo Tsunami offers a typically wide range of poems covering personal, social, political, and religious issues.