2018, you’ve been a year of mountains, valleys, and steep learning curves. The journal has achieved some exhilarating highs — such as the birth of our new website (bless you …
Ta Da! We Present Verity La Mark II
Dear readers, we’re back — with Verity La mark II! She’s shiny and new but still full of all the original goodness from our previous site, and them some. Take …
A VERITY LA ANNOUNCEMENT!
Dear Readers, Verity La will not be publishing this week as we are working on getting our new website up and running. DID I JUST SAY NEW WEBSITE? Yessiree, a …
ONWARDS! Plans for 2018 and Christmas Wishes from Manus
Dear Readers, As we hurtle towards the vortex otherwise known as Christmas, we at Verity La would like to thank YOU for journeying with us this year. 2017 has been …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 8: Tricia Dearborn
TRICIA DEARBORN: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Managing Editor Michele Seminara chats with Tricia Dearborn about the many poems of hers we’ve published over the past …
2017 QPF PHILIP BACON EKPHRASIS AWARD WINNERS
Queensland Poetry Festival’s Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its third year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers. All the paintings used in the competition are personally …
TRUTH IN THE CAGE
(Mohammad Ali Maleki)
You can find my whole life in my poems like a letter to God — Mohammad Ali Maleki Translated by Manus Island detainee Mansour Shoushtari Edited by Michele Seminara and Marilyn …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 6: Melinda Smith
MELINDA SMITH: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Managing Editor Michele Seminara chat with Melinda Smith about her new book, Goodbye Cruel, just …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 5: Anne Elvey and Phillip Hall on Ecopoetry
ANNE ELVEY AND PHILLIP HALL: If you’re thinking birds, trees and butterflies, take a seat. Join Anne Elvey, our Black Cockatoo Editor Phillip Hall and Managing Editor Michele Seminara as …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 3: PS Cottier
PS COTTIER: Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Managing Editor Michele Seminara get straight into it with Canberra-based poet PS Cottier. Does entering and judging literary competitions put you on a special …