Poetry & Spoken Word
Book review: How To Order Eggs Sunny Side Up, Lisa Collyer
A debut collection of poetry that breaks down taboos about the state of women’s bodies and the state of the…
Book review: The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat, Sara M Saleh
A debut collection of poetry navigating the lives of Arab-Australian Muslim women.
Book review: Chinese Fish, Grace Yee
A multi-voiced collection of poetry that canvasses a family's experiences of racism in New Zealand from the 1960s to the…
Book review: A Line in the Sand, Red Room Poetry
A sample of 20 years of Australian poetry is showcased in this wide-ranging anthology.
Magazine review: Meanjin Winter 2023, edited by Esther Anatolitis
The intensity of this edition creates a real sense of urgency in the reader.
Book review: Cellnight, John Kinsella
This verse novel weaves disparate themes together into a cohesive whole, including anti-nuclear protests in 1980s Western Australia and the…
Book review: Dress Rehearsals, Madison Godfrey
An electric and poetic manifesto of selfhood.
Book review: In Bed with Animals, Bronwyn Lovell
Lived experience of gender discrimination in poetic form.
Book review: The Exclusion Zone, Shastra Deo
Deo twists the boundaries of form and content in her second collection of poetry.
Book review: Alchemy, Wendy Sharpe and Kate Forsyth
A creatively brilliant amalgamation of poetry and art.