Review by Judith Crispin Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Les Wicks’ fourteenth collection of poems, Belief, is clever and brutal — an unflinching examination of human belief, in all of its …
Poems for Thinking: Jennifer Maiden’s brookings: the noun (Ben Hession)
Review by Ben Hession Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Jennifer Maiden is an Australian poet who has been active for over fifty years, with a number of awards to her name. …
Three Poems by Frank Webb (Oliver Miller)
I grew up on Sydney’s leafy lower North Shore. Taking out a dinghy from old Joel’s Boatshed at the end of our street, making the long row over to Wreck …
AHEAD OF HER TIME: Verity Fitzhardinge Remembered
Review by Amanda Hickey Edited By Robyn Cadwallader Verity Fitzhardinge (née Hewitt) was a woman of all seasons: as a writer she crafted poems, articles, letters, book reviews, books and …
Tobruk to Labuan: the life and letters of Brigadier ‘Hugh’ Norman (Amanda Hickey)
As to the war souvenirs From Hugh to Ethel 7 November, 1943 Darling…If you must destroy the letters I suppose you must, but one day I thought we might write …
The Dingo’s Noctuary (Judith Nangala Crispin)
Vision 2 (from The Dingo’s Noctuary) The Mongrels I have no memory of waking. An awareness slowly formed in the dark — scratching acacia, the strum of powerlines in wind. There …
A HABIT OF OPENNESS: an interview with Melinda Smith
Having won the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call, in a way Melinda Smith needs no introduction. However, in the interests …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 10: Eileen Chong
EILEEN CHONG: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Managing Editor Michele Seminara chat with Eileen Chong about her forthcoming book, Rainforest, out …
Measure (Eileen Chong)
Everything we write will be used against us or against those we love. ‘North American Time’, Adrienne Rich The innocence of cornflowers — a dimpled, wheel-thrown cup. Glazed on the inside. …
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 …