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Features

Slam poets prepare for the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship at Sydney Opera House

A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread…

Judith Nangala Crispin, the author and poet behind The Dingo's Noctuary. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

The Dingo’s Noctuary: Judith Nangala Crispin's ArtsHub interview  

Judith Nangala Crispin's latest book contains life, death and everything in between. She talks to ArtsHub.

Best new poetry books in October 2025.
Features

Best new poetry books published October 2025

Discover the best new poetry collections published in October 2025 with this guide.

ANAM students performing at Abbotsford Convent. The atmospheric photograph, taken in a historic venue with picturesque windows and a stage visible in the background, shows a seated audience listening to a group of six musicians, including strings, woodwind and a piano; one of the students stands behind a computer screen, suggesting the presence of electronics in the score being performed.
Features

Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration

Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.

Two panels. On the left is of Peter Kirkpatrick, who ha white hair and is wearing a white shirt. On the right is the cover of his book, 'The Wild Reciter' that features a kookaburra in a suit.
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Book review: The Wild Reciter, Peter Kirkpatrick

The shifting historical commingling of poetry and popular culture.

Two panels. On the left is poet Jazz Money. She has blonde hair and is wearing a yellow top. On the right is the cover of her book 'mark the dawn' which is yellow and covered in random markings.
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Book review: mark the dawn, Jazz Money

Jazz Money's second poetry collection is a lyrical and fierce reckoning of contemporary life.

Two panels. One the left is of author Samantha Harvey, who ha long blonede hair. She is seated with her arms crossed wearing a grey top and brown patterned skirt. On the right is the cover of the novel 'Orbital", which shows an illustration of the universe.
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Book review: Orbital, Samatha Harvey

This year's Booker Prize-winner has garnered a lot of praise, but does it actually deserve it?

The Patrick White Literary Award for 2024 has been award to Melbourne poet Π.O. Photo depicts a grey-hair Greek-Australian man of advancing age looking into the camera impassively.
News

Greek-Australian poet Π.O. wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award

A champion of performance poetry and spoken word as well as his fellow poets, Π.O. has been honoured for his…

A block sculpture on university grounds. Two sides can be seen. One side says 'Mememto Mori" with a photo of a young woman. The other side reads 'The Living Poetry Project.'
News

Living Poetry Project – poetry as a tool for emotional healing among Gen Z

How is poetry helping young Australians address modern love and trauma?

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Opinions & Analysis

Accidental poetry should be all around us

Imagine stumbling into poems in unexpected places as you go about your day.

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