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Shastra Deo (ed.), Kate Lilley (ed.)
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and…
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Bebe Oliver
A fearless and honest exploration of queer First Nations identity, and a vibrant celebration of imperfection and personal growth, if this is the end is a stunning exploration of what…
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Suneeta Peres da Costa
A debut poetry collection by the acclaimed writer Suneeta Peres da Costa, author of the Prime Minister's Literary Award-shortlisted novel Saudade.
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Jazz Money
A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket.
Hasib Hourani
A moving testament to the displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people.
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Elfie Shiosaki
Refugia is an unparalleled work of vision and political fury from Noongar and Yawuru poet and scholar Elfie Shiosaki.
Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge’s much-anticipated new collection of poems, the first since her prize-winning new and selected, Sun Music, in 2018.
Lloyd Jones
The wild secrets of boyhood is where Lloyd Jones sets off in his first book of poetry; intoxicated with images, and invoking dream spaces where language is forever in play.
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Ziggy Alberts
A poetic outpour by Australian independent singer-songwriter, Ziggy Alberts.
Paul Collins (ed.)
A smorgasbord of original stories, poems and art by leading Australian authors, poets and illustrators
Kate Fagan
Song in the Grass is Kate Fagan's most personal collection to date.
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Judith Bishop
A dazzling new poetry collection from award-winning poet Judith Bishop, a conclusion to her trilogy focused on time.
Perched on a tablecloth with glasses
for a summer drink: life, on…
Scott-Patrick Mitchell
In this volume, Scott-Patrick Mitchell propels us into the seething mess of the methamphetamine crisis in Australia today. These poems roil and scratch, exploring the precarious life of addiction and…
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Manisha Anjali
Naag Mountain is a journey across oceans, from the Asian subcontinent to the South Seas, a journey about human trafficking on sugar plantations in Fiji and Australia, which brings to…
Nam Le
Fifteen years after his best-selling, award-winning collection of stories The Boat, Nam Le returns to his great themes of identity and representation in a virtuosic debut book of poetry
David Brooks
A stunning new work of poetry combined with a selection of the best of David Brooks' award-winning career
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Kate Middleton
A poetry collection which is part criticism, part autobiography, and always acute in its recollection of the emotions inspired by television drama
Roslyn Orlando
From Greek mythology to the Amazon Echo smart speaker, Roslyn Orlando restores the Ekho into a dynamic poetic voice.
Kent MacCarter
Poet and publisher Kent MacCarter investigates variations on how non-fiction can be reported, taking an uncanny look into sole survivors of major airline crashes, a memoir approach at the surgical…
Robbie Coburn
I saved the pieces of you when you fell apart
Robert Adamson wrote that Robbie Coburn's poems "come from tough experiences, yet are created with a muscular craft that glows…
Sara M Saleh
A stunning collection from Sydney poet, human rights activist, community organiser, and refugee campaigner Sara M Saleh
Gig Ryan (ed.), Panda Ryan (ed.)
Sam Morley
Meditations on parenthood, memory, death, the natural world, the fluctuations of pop culture, and the suburban grind with aplomb in a keen observational style
Amy Crutchfield
Powerful debut which interrogates the nature of love in its various forms
Kirli Saunders
Returning is a poetic and visual feast that takes you on Kirli's journey of rediscovering self, Country and Connection
Autumn Royal
Intense, dramatic, theatrical – an important new poetry collection which draws its strength from its confrontation with grief and mourning.
Madison Godfrey
A memoir made of poetry, Dress Rehearsals documents a decade of performing womanhood in a non-binary body.
Anna Jacobson
Anna Jacobson mixes up the fiercely serious with the whimsical in her second book of poems, exploring a daily life of navigating small rituals and routines along with anxiety, a…
Pi O
A chronicle of the early days of performance poetry, presented as a road trip in verse by one of its greatest practitioners.
Jarad Bruinstroop
In this striking poetry debut, Jarad Bruinstroop offers a frank and tender exploration of Queer history, art, beauty and pain.
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Louise Carter
Powerful debut presenting a bold new female voice in Australian poetry.
Red Room Poetry
Celebrating 20 years of Red Room Poetry, this is the essential Australian poetry collection of 2023!
Susie Anderson
A powerful collection of poetry from an award-winning poet and black&write! Fellowship winner, the body country is an evocative exploration of a world that too often marginalises and a meditation…
Ali Cobby Eckermann
She Is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It charts a journey through grief and celebrates the healing power of Country. We…
Caitlin Maling
Written out of distinctively Western Australian settings, Spore or Seed is a narrative of pregnancy, birth and the early years of motherhood.
Kate Larsen
Public. Open. Space. is a collection of poetry inspired by spaces, places and situations that are controlled and contested online and in real life.
Grace Yee
Chinese Fish is a family saga in miniature, spanning three generations.
Jeanine Leane, Judith Beveridge
Best of Australian Poetry is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot of the year that was
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Adam Novaldy Anderson (ed.)
Thirty-seven writers from First Nations, migrant and refugee backgrounds reveal the true wealth and beauty of Australia’s cultural melting pots.
Charmaine Papertalk Green, John Kinsella
ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two…
Lisa Gorton
The poems in Mirabilia test the relationship between art and politics. They are ekphrastic poems complicated by historical narrative; or, they are political poems, inspired by artworks
Uncle Wes Marne
Published to commemorate the author’s 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people.
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Lionel Fogarty
Harvest Lingo is the fourteenth collection of poems by Lionel Fogarty, a Murri man with traditional connections to the Yugambeh people from south of Brisbane and the Kudjela people of…
Gwen Harwood
A must-have collection from one of Australia’s finest poets
Sarah Holland-Batt
A stunning new collection from one of Australia’s finest poets - her most impressive work yet.
Alf Taylor
Alf Taylor’s stories and poems offer a vivid picture of the care, kindness and gentleness of Aboriginal families and communities and their enduring strength, resourcefulness and power.
Claire Potter
New collection, ten years in the making, by one of Australia’s richest lyrical poets.
Judith Wright
The poems in Birds commemorate Judith’s love of birds, while on a deeper level exploring a gamut of very human experiences, from the delightful, to the humorous, to the sorrowful.
