(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Some of these poems are magical verbal mobiles, some probe philosophical imponderables and the limits and resistances of language itself, others, with deft humour, reinterpret history and landscape. Third place in 2006 Mary Gilmore Awards.

(Paperback)

Alan Fish was writing poetry before his life went dark. He let it collect like a tank of rain-water. His subject matter Love and death. His poetry is deeply haunted and lyrical in its privacy but also ironically observant and public after all, he is not only a lover, but a flaneur. Australian poet Philip Salom is the ghostwriter of these poems.

(Paperback)

Keepers is highly entertaining and serious; there are brilliant flashes and reflections, ironic observations and a lot of humour. The poems form stories and portraits of recognisable and unrecognisable people who teach and study in a School of Arts.

(Paperback)

M. A. Carter's poems dont mind being rude, or chauvinistic, even a bit scary. He admits this will not make him popular or admired, but he doesnt care for popular or admired, he prefers to say what he thinks and be done with it. Australian poet Philip Salom is the ghostwriter of these poems.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Beautifully accomplished in form, voice, imagery and tone, these poems dwell on the poet's upbringing in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales and, among other things, reflect an abiding interest in Buddhism.

(Paperback)

Written over a period of two decades, The Law of Poetry contains poems that pay personal tributes to 'things' - broccoli, ducks and concrete - as well as poems that seek to physically enter the realm of abstract concepts - chance, kindness and explanations.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Letters to Huldah gives new meaning to the cliche 'a life in letters'. Though dated from 1988 to 1994, Jill Hellyer's letters to her former English teacher gradually reveal the story of her life.

(Paperback)

This is a book about the meeting of differences, about the alchemical reactions that arise from these meetings, these mixings...a beautifully terrifying work.

(Paperback)

Chevaliers poetry is fresh and feisty, as she navigates contemporary tensions between the cosmopolitan and parochial, stretching from Sydney down the escarpment to Wollongong.

(Paperback)

After a stint as a music venue proprietor, Geoff Maddox is getting on with his life: managing his complex domestic situation; visiting the local shopping mall; and socialising with the regulars at the Stella Maris Hotel.

(Paperback)

A new Australian poetry collection from David Mortimer.

(Paperback)

Making Australia Slightly Better Than Average Again(TM) is Mark Swivel's soundbite manifesto as he embarks on a bid for the senate in 2019. Swivel argues our political class detached from the rest of us a long time ago and has no real purpose beyond preserving itself.

(Paperback)

Man of Letters is the third and final volume in the Dog Rock trilogy. The trilogy follows the fortunes of a rural town over fifty years through the eyes of a postman, Darcy DOliveres.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Montale, the Italian Nobel Prize-winning poet appears from time to time in these pages, as does an alternate, imagined self of this poet and a possible Australian incarnation, the mysterious Monteagle, who dreams of Australian summers. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Awards, 2007.

(Paperback)

The life of William Morris and the music of Bjork - could they be the materials for a modern opera The Inner West Creative Mime Atelier thinks so. As their project unfolds, it intersects the lives of the narrator, his gradchild, his daughter Gracie and her intended spouse. A new book from author of Helen Garner and the Meaning of Everything,

(Paperback)

A distillation of the intense observation of a gifted poet who spent a lifetime working the land in rural Victoria.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In this new collection, John Watson ranges across a multitude of subjects in his familiarly playful and engaging style.

(Paperback)

This collection of poetry contains meditations, graceful tributes, celebrations, narratives, life-stories and acerbic satires.

(Paperback)

'When we put Kissane's almost telepathic empathy, his political subtlety and his humour together with his wide-ranging technical skills we have an Australian poet who is both a pleasure to read and a likely candidate for the best half-dozen or so of his generation.' Author is based at UNSW.