Books & Poetry

Thumbnail for Last dance: Goodbye my beloved father, hello everlasting love

Last dance: Goodbye my beloved father, hello everlasting love

Thumbnail for The soft and quiet power of Australian literature needs public champions

The soft and quiet power of Australian literature needs public champions

Thumbnail for Poem: Ode to FruChocs

Poem: Ode to FruChocs

Thumbnail for Sister act: Weird and wonderful tales from the other side

Sister act: Weird and wonderful tales from the other side

Thumbnail for Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

Thumbnail for Poem: After the Bloom

Poem: After the Bloom

Thumbnail for Putting Ancient India on the map, with thanks to William Dalrymple

Putting Ancient India on the map, with thanks to William Dalrymple

Thumbnail for A writerly stroll through our Emerald City

A writerly stroll through our Emerald City

Thumbnail for Poems: Sun, Salt and Story and Tuesday Evening

Poems: Sun, Salt and Story and Tuesday Evening

Thumbnail for Book review: Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea

Book review: Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea

Thumbnail for ‘Literature should make us question things’: Hossein Asgari grapples with memory and grief in Desolation

‘Literature should make us question things’: Hossein Asgari grapples with memory and grief in Desolation

Thumbnail for Revolting residents: Elders unite in Chalk and Cheese

Revolting residents: Elders unite in Chalk and Cheese

Thumbnail for Poems: Foxing and Genesis

Poems: Foxing and Genesis

Thumbnail for Me, myself and I: How to write a memoir, according to someone who actually knows

Me, myself and I: How to write a memoir, according to someone who actually knows

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