In the preface Maurice Whelan writes 'It is one thing to get started as a writer. It is another to sustain a creative writing life. I select a few poets who have written about how they established defined and sustained themselves. There is an exploration of the relationship between dreams and poetry of language and the benefits of knowing ......
"One should never underestimate poetry's capacity to convey tenderÂness. Brink's reflections on the life that was - home husband family convention - are both touching and true. Charting the struggle to renew the self the poems become more playful and confident with an inventiveness of form and exuberance of wordplay." - Deb ......
What better way for a family to start the trip of a lifetime to Europe than the magic of Disneyland? Tales of dark deeds shiver at the Tower of London. The excitement at Hamleys toys gives way to a campervan odyssey. Think Dover Castle and Roman ruins. Friends from every country play with Neville and Clara's children language differences not a ......
Remembering Richard is a collection of stories about the unease which lies just below the surface of life. A boy sets out to swim across a lake only to discover its bottom is covered with treacherous muddy-looking weed which seems to grasp at him seeking to drag him under... A family falls apart as the beloved creek at the bottom ......
'This book is a love affair between the poet and the English language with flirting passion and yes even a tiff or two but each giving as good as the other all with quirkiness and humour. Dig in ruminate on Mike's take on the world; it might just change yours. Love it.' - David Cookson
This book is written for concerned people whose busy lives allow little access to the natural world. It invites readers to gain more awareness of the wonder and beauty of some of our fellow creatures now vulnerable or threatened and of our actual dependence on them. Suggested are ways in which we can all both individually and collectively ......
'Written against the background of pandemic isolation Robyn's elegant diverse and spare book immediately captures the reader's attention with its deeply felt individual observations of nature and human experience expertly crafted in poetic forms and prose that prompt reflection and the joy of rereading.' - Janet Howie
'If each life is a world what is a world of billions of lives? Sweeping through evolutionary time through the passage of ages Rosanna Licari's Earlier looks back applies its forensic gaze to an insistent pervasive history of births and creations human and other. Weaving threads and connections Licari's poems investigate rich and ......
Over the centuries philosophers artists writers and musicians have conveyed the therapeutic value and beauty of the world around us. In his beautiful 'On the Grasshopper and Cricket' John Keats claims 'The poetry of earth is never dead.' The harsh beauty of our desert landscape is captured by Douglas Stewart. In 'The Fierce Land' he says ......
