Yvette Henry-Holt Archives

Prize Winning Poems from our Black Cockatoo Editors Brenda Saunders & Yvette Henry Holt

Verity La are proud of the achievements of all our fantastic editors. Recently, poems from two of our Black Cockatoo editors, Brenda Saunders and Yvette Henry Holt, placed as Winner & Highly …

Ceremony (Teena McCarthy)July 20, 2018
Artist’s Statement ‘Among the aborigines inhabiting the Darling and Lower Murray Rivers, New South Wales, it was customary for the female relatives of a deceased person to plaster they’re faces ... Read More
MAPPING A JOURNEY BETWEEN WORLDS: Ben Hession Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice AndradaFebruary 26, 2019
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, ... Read More
Lifeguard (Grace Finlayson)April 3, 2018
On Tuesday afternoon, two weeks into the summer holidays, I watched the old women swim laps of the 50-metre pool. Up and down the lanes they went, swimming freestyle and ... Read More