Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Eunice Andrada is one of many Filipino Australian poets who are together developing a distinctive, emerging presence in the national literary scene. The voices are diverse, …
FEELING PLACE: SLOW-TIME ON COUNTRY. Jeanine Leane Reviews Phillip Hall’s Fume
Edited by Robyn Cadwallader In 2011, Phillip Hall was, in his own words, ‘offered the opportunity of a lifetime, to work in remote Indigenous education’. His collection of non-fiction poetry …
THEIR WORDS BLAZE: Phillip Hall ReviewsToo Deadly: Our Voice, Our Way, Our Business
My elders, I hear them speak loud and strong with messages of culture and belonging. The essence of me. Who I am and who I’ll always be. Proud. Strong. Aboriginal. …
A LIFE’S JOURNEY: Noel Tovey’s And then I found me
Review by Brenda Saunders Edited by Robyn Cadwallader And then I found me is the story of a creative and talented artist fulfilling his dream. Noel Tovey traces the challenges, …
GROWLING COCKATOOS AND HOPEFUL SWASTIKAS: Les Wicks’ Getting By Not Fitting In
Review by David Thomas Henry Wright Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Les Wicks’ Getting By Not Fitting In opens with two quotes, one by Mao Tse-tung: ‘All is chaos under the heavens, the …
SPEAKING THE UNNAMEABLE AND UNKNOWABLE: Meera Atkinson’s The Poetics of Transgenerational Trauma
Reviewed by Amanda Hickey Edited by Robyn Cadwallader In her timely book, Meera Atkinson opens with a few unpalatable facts about our society and the world we live in. Fact …
An Absence of Noise: Stephanie Buckle’s Habits of Silence and Félix Calvino’s So Much Smoke
Review by Kathryn Hummel Edited by Robyn Cadwallader A land as vast as Australia is well-suited to capturing through snapshots, for viewing separately or stitched together in a panorama. In many …
The State of Australian Reality: Roanna Gonsalves’ The Permanent Resident and Anthony Macris’ Inexperience and other stories
Review by David Thomas Henry Wright Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Roanna Gonsalves’ The Permanent Resident and Anthony Macris’ Inexperience and other stories are both short(er) story collections. Both were published in …
Lyricism, Imagination and Vigour: Michelle Cahill’s The Herring Lass (Reviewed by Ben Hession)
(Edited by Robyn Cadwallader) It has been a long time between poetry collections for Michelle Cahill, but her latest, The Herring Lass, proves the wait has been worth it, with …
Reading in an Undiscovered Library: Pulse – Prose Poems as Collaboration
Review by Lucy Alexander Edited by Robyn Cadwallader The woman has borrowed arms and legs. She walks on a tightrope in front of the watching crowd. They stand back as …