The earliest poems I produced were fierce jabs at the many things that irritated me about the world in which I now lived. Some of them have survived in the section of this volume that I’ve called Aspirational Lifestyles. Others (Nacht und Nebel) were responses to the harsh beauty of the upper Blue Mountains where my wife and I ......
‘Jill Gower’s poems take us on journeys – back into her own past; into foreign countries; into the natural world of the bush and her garden which she so obviously loves and into the lives of others. Jill can recount a memory evoke sympathy or capture a particular moment in time with honesty colourful description or ......
Ian McFarlane considers poetry to be a conversation with the imagination of anyone prepared to listen. His verse is both free and rhythmic spanning its own inclusive path. Ian is an award-winning writer of fiction essays and book reviews. Despite the crippling handicap of anxiety and depression he has used words and ideas in defence of ......
In his third collection of poems Geoff Graetz presents many of his observations about life along with his expressions of concern about present-day social issues. He writes in a style that is intended to be easily understood and has included some light-hearted reflections on the world as it is today. His travels have provided him with ......
"The extraordinary poems in Witches Women and Words have our hearts beating with rage. This powerfully evocative collection speaks frankly of the twists and turns pains despair and hopes of the woman the human the poet the abused earth her trees and seas and biodiversity. In a world where 'soldiers march blindfolded and mute' ......
With These We will Never Go Hungry is a collection of short stories exploring the human condition. Each story is a unique vignette blending prose with the everyday. Tackling themes of loss domestic violence death rebirth childhood and motherhood this collection sees a keen and poignant eye combined with a succinct turn of phrase ......
'Helene Castles creates exquisite imagery with beautiful word placement and choice of topic. She brings to life the world of her childhood and family life casting a discerning yet gentle eye on the truths and memories of her youth as well as comment on current political and humanistic platforms. She creates her poetry with a calm and ......
In Without Animals Life Is Not Worth Living eco-philosopher Freya Mathews livens up her theme – that the company of animals is indispensable to human existence – by way of the story of an anarchic but irresistible pig.
‘In this captivating story of a pig and a philosopher Freya takes up the narratival mode ......
In his poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ Robert Frost writes of taking the road less travelled and this making all the difference. In ‘Leisure’ W.H. Davies writes ‘What is this life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare’. Both poems have strongly influenced how I have lived my life. In the past I ......
