Alan Gould waxes analytical, critical, and lyrical on poetry and its anthological counterparts. Presently on my bookshelves I house twenty-one anthologies of Australian Poetry and reckon to have read twice that number in the period since 1970 when my serious interest began. Moreover, I’m aware of the same figure again that I have either disdained … Continue reading
PS Cottier delves into a year of all and only poetry, in this hilarious and insightful exploration of poetry, how it’s used, and who’s reading it. So said the woman at the party, after I identified myself as a poet. Gobsmackingly, jawdroppingly, facepalmingly rude, of course. But is it true? The simple answer is no. … Continue reading
Us Mob Writing is a group of First Nations Australians peoples’ with both emerging and established writers, poets and playwrights. Their writers past and present have written poetry, plays, songs, documentary films, short films, TV dramas, children’s story books, novels, short stories, biographies, and autobiographies. They include in their company national and international major literary … Continue reading
In the morning the people do the work of gods… The sun does not rise. Fires have been circling the city and Jervis Bay for days. Many people are remembering the last big one, the last full attack. As are the dogs, who smell the fear, the smoke. They are howling now, no doubt hearing … Continue reading
On Saturday, September 22nd, the ACT Writers Centre are running a unique workshop. Here are a few facts: In 2011, 81% of Australians aged 5 years and over, spoke only English at home while 2% didn’t speak English at all. The most common languages spoken at home (other than English) were Mandarin (1.7%), Italian (1.5%), Arabic (1.4%), … Continue reading
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