Books & Poetry

Thumbnail for Book review: Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere

Book review: Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere

Thumbnail for Poem: My Brother

Poem: My Brother

Thumbnail for If artists can’t ‘art’ any more, who will?

If artists can’t ‘art’ any more, who will?

Thumbnail for Slow down, you’re moving too fast … the plain life beckons

Slow down, you’re moving too fast … the plain life beckons

Thumbnail for Poem: Family reunion

Poem: Family reunion

Thumbnail for Diving deep into our timeless Indigenous past

Diving deep into our timeless Indigenous past

Thumbnail for His island home: Searching for Leonard Cohen on Hydra

His island home: Searching for Leonard Cohen on Hydra

Thumbnail for Peeling back the layers: Uncovering a family’s past

Peeling back the layers: Uncovering a family’s past

Thumbnail for Words matter: Raising the next generation of book worms

Words matter: Raising the next generation of book worms

Thumbnail for ‘Like a detective examining a crime scene’: Natalie Harkin charts the intimate history of Aboriginal domestic service

‘Like a detective examining a crime scene’: Natalie Harkin charts the intimate history of Aboriginal domestic service

Thumbnail for ‘I was haunting myself’: Olivia De Zilva revisits Adelaide adolescence in Plastic Budgie

‘I was haunting myself’: Olivia De Zilva revisits Adelaide adolescence in Plastic Budgie

Thumbnail for Poem: Awake in Dream

Poem: Awake in Dream

Thumbnail for The agony and the ecstasy: What it takes to win the Miles Franklin

The agony and the ecstasy: What it takes to win the Miles Franklin

Thumbnail for Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?

Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?

Thumbnail for Poem: Cricket Practice, Corfu

Poem: Cricket Practice, Corfu

Thumbnail for When a picture is worth a thousand words …

When a picture is worth a thousand words …

Thumbnail for Malevolent: The strange case of Mr and Mrs Stevenson

Malevolent: The strange case of Mr and Mrs Stevenson

Thumbnail for Being Human: History haunts Kinsella’s brilliant new collection of poems

Being Human: History haunts Kinsella’s brilliant new collection of poems

Thumbnail for Poem: Cool

Poem: Cool

Thumbnail for Lost in pages, found in stories … why books still resonate

Lost in pages, found in stories … why books still resonate

Thumbnail for Return to paradise: Charmian Clift’s Greek odyssey revisited

Return to paradise: Charmian Clift’s Greek odyssey revisited

Thumbnail for Poem: Any Shorter and I’d Have Missed It

Poem: Any Shorter and I’d Have Missed It

Thumbnail for Exploring the wonders of anatomy, one body part at a time

Exploring the wonders of anatomy, one body part at a time

Thumbnail for Book review: Landfall

Book review: Landfall

Thumbnail for Book review: Everything Lost, Everything Found

Book review: Everything Lost, Everything Found

Thumbnail for Poem: The Captain

Poem: The Captain

Thumbnail for ‘An outsider in the mud’: local literary legend shortlisted for $60,000 Miles Franklin prize

‘An outsider in the mud’: local literary legend shortlisted for $60,000 Miles Franklin prize

Thumbnail for Getting to know you: The life of a French princess revealed

Getting to know you: The life of a French princess revealed

Thumbnail for Poems: Torrens in Revelry, The Plum Tree

Poems: Torrens in Revelry, The Plum Tree

Thumbnail for ‘Traces of everything around me’: Telling the writer’s story

‘Traces of everything around me’: Telling the writer’s story

Thumbnail for Poems: Living With Trees, Where We Belong

Poems: Living With Trees, Where We Belong

Thumbnail for ‘The story is very deeply rooted in Adelaide’: author Rose Hartley’s audiobook awakening

‘The story is very deeply rooted in Adelaide’: author Rose Hartley’s audiobook awakening

Thumbnail for Shedding light on The Lady of the Lamp

Shedding light on The Lady of the Lamp

Thumbnail for Poem: Delinquent

Poem: Delinquent

Thumbnail for Book review: Salvage

Book review: Salvage

Thumbnail for Poem: Sea-Green Botswana

Poem: Sea-Green Botswana

Thumbnail for How a dogged researcher tracked down the original Sentimental Bloke – and found a different man to C.J. Dennis’s loveable larrikin

How a dogged researcher tracked down the original Sentimental Bloke – and found a different man to C.J. Dennis’s loveable larrikin

Thumbnail for Michelle de Kretser wins the Stella Prize with a genre-bending questioning of art and expectation

Michelle de Kretser wins the Stella Prize with a genre-bending questioning of art and expectation

Thumbnail for Truth-telling, originality and shame: your guide to the 2025 Stella shortlist

Truth-telling, originality and shame: your guide to the 2025 Stella shortlist

Thumbnail for ‘Chilling effect’: Local First Nations author denied literary prize over Palestine post

‘Chilling effect’: Local First Nations author denied literary prize over Palestine post

Thumbnail for Cult fiction: The Bearcat explores the making of a ‘master manipulator’

Cult fiction: The Bearcat explores the making of a ‘master manipulator’

Thumbnail for Poem: For Sanity Press Pause

Poem: For Sanity Press Pause

Thumbnail for Book review: Someone Like Me: An anthology of non-fiction by Autistic writers

Book review: Someone Like Me: An anthology of non-fiction by Autistic writers

Thumbnail for Behind the angels of war: Timely homage to a national treasure

Behind the angels of war: Timely homage to a national treasure

Thumbnail for Poem: Star Fish

Poem: Star Fish

Thumbnail for Wordplay: Capturing the intricate traits of Maori culture

Wordplay: Capturing the intricate traits of Maori culture

Thumbnail for Remembering radical femmes who revealed inconvenient truths

Remembering radical femmes who revealed inconvenient truths

Thumbnail for Poem: Slingshot

Poem: Slingshot